Riken Koryo: infection with malware believed to be Emotet led to large volumes of spoofed mail reusing past messages
The fragrance maker's holding and operating companies were infected with what appears to be Emotet, and names, addresses and past mail text were reused in spoofed messages.
Disclosed
2020-09-11
Organizations involved
2
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
An infection with what appears to be Emotet let attackers misuse mail accounts and send large volumes of spoofed mail in the company's name. The messages posed as replies to real mail, reusing the names, email addresses and text of past correspondence. Recipients were told to delete them without opening attachments or links. [1]
Timeline
- Disclosed 2020-09-11
- 1 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Malware]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Tokyo, MinatoManufacturing
Riken Koryo Holdings Co., Ltd.[Breached][Major]Tokyo, MinatoManufacturing
Riken Koryo Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]「Emotet」感染で大量のなりすましメールが送信 - 理研香料Security NEXT · 2020-09-11