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BASF says disruption unlikely to be caused by cyber attack

FILE PHOTO: A truck drives past a warehouse of German chemical company BASF in Ludwigshafen, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German chemicals company BASF said it currently had no indication that a network disruption affecting logistics at its Ludwigshafen headquarters was caused by a cyber attack.

"There is currently no reason to assume that the disruption was caused by hacking. Our experts are still at an early stage of investigating the cause," a spokeswoman said.

The group said in a statement on Thursday that the incident was mainly affecting a warehouse and rail traffic at the Ludwigshafen chemical complex, the group's largest, which could lead to delayed checking-in of delivery trucks at some gates.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Maria Sheahan)

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