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Kawamoto Pump: an employee's PC infected with Emotet, email addresses and messages leaked

At pump maker Kawamoto Pump an employee's PC caught Emotet; email addresses and messages leaked and were used for emails posing as staff.

Disclosed

2020-02-03

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. A security device alert revealed the infection; the PC was cut off the network and an investigation began. [1]

  2. The company confirmed that data including internal and external email addresses and message texts had leaked, and began warning those affected. [1]

  3. Public disclosure. [1]

Impact

The stolen data was used to send suspicious emails posing as staff to a number of people; the display names were those of employees, but the addresses were not the company's. [1] [3]

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2020-02-03
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

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

Data exposed or at risk

[E-mail address]

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]当社パソコンからの個人情報のデータ流失に関するお詫びとお知らせKawamoto Pump · 2020-02-03
  2. [2][News]社員のパソコンがEmotet感染、なりすましメールへの注意を呼びかけ(川本製作所)ScanNetSecurity · 2020-02-05 09:45
  3. [3][News]「Emotet」に感染、メール情報が流出 - 川本製作所Security NEXT · 2020-02-06