[Resolved][Severity: Major][Malware][Phishing]

Gifu Shimbun: Emotet on an office PC sends spoofed mails to business partners

One office PC at the Gifu Shimbun was infected with Emotet, and suspicious mails posing as the company and its staff went to past correspondents.

Disclosed

2020-01-20

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

After partners reported suspicious mail, the company found one office PC infected with the Emotet malware; malicious mails had gone to people it had corresponded with. It disclosed this on 2020-01-20. [1]

Timeline

Disclosed 2020-01-20
1 days

Attack or cause

Method: [Malware][Phishing]
Impact: [Data leak]
Entry point: E-mail

Data exposed or at risk

[Name][E-mail address]

Organizations involved

[Breached][Major]Gifu, GifuInformation and communications
Gifu Shimbun Inc.

						Note
Gifu Shimbun Inc.	[Breached]	[Major]	Gifu, Gifu	Information and communications	Unknown

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Sources

[1][News]社内パソコンが「Emotet」に感染、取引先からの連絡で判明（岐阜新聞社）ScanNetSecurity · 2020-01-23 08:00