Schneider National culpa a un “defecto de firmware”, no a un ciberataque, de la caída de la red

Schneider National is back online after network outage. Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves

Schneider National está culpando a un “defecto de firmware” vinculado a los equipos de un proveedor externo por una interrupción masiva de la red informática que dejó al gigante del transporte fuera de servicio el jueves.

En una declaración a FreightWaves el lunes, la compañía dijo que está operando con normalidad y “comenzó a aceptar pedidos y despachar a nuestros conductores electrónicamente el sábado.”

El jueves, Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), con sede en Green Bay, Wisconsin, se vio obligado a cambiar a las operaciones manuales para reservar la carga, ejecutar las cargas y pagar a los transportistas, citando un “problema temporal de los sistemas.”

La compañía, que lleva 87 años en el negocio, no reveló el nombre del proveedor externo con el defecto de firmware que causó que toda su red se apagara, aparte de afirmar que el equipo afectado ha sido reemplazado, “permitiendo a Schneider reanudar la actividad normal.”

“El defecto de firmware no estaba relacionado con un evento cibernético y no se comprometieron los datos de los clientes”, decía el comunicado de Schneider. 

El viernes, Kara Leiterman, gerente de relaciones con los medios de Schneider, dijo a FreightWaves que su “nómina de conductores funcionó como se esperaba”. Añadió que la empresa pudo pagar a los transportistas, excepto a los que utilizan la opción QuickPay de Schneider.

Schneider, que registró 5.600 millones de dólares en ingresos operativos en 2021, dijo que sus equipos de TI “se adaptaron rápidamente para mantener la carga de los clientes en movimiento.”

Esta es una historia en desarrollo.

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Clarissa Hawes

Clarissa has covered all aspects of the trucking industry for 18 years. She is an award-winning journalist known for her investigative and business reporting. Before joining FreightWaves, she wrote for Land Line Magazine and Trucks.com. If you have a news tip or story idea, send her an email to chawes@firecrown.com or @cage_writer on X, formerly Twitter.