Kyoei Steel: a server was accessed without authorization; no customer data leaked, but user ID data of group employees and others may have

1. 2021-02-12

   In the night, the server was accessed without authorization. [1]

2. 2021-02-13

   The company noticed the access. It cut off the access and restored the system without affecting normal operations, and began checking the scope, any leak and the cause with an outside firm. [1]

3. 2021-02-16

   The company disclosed the case. [2]

4. 2021-04-06

   The company published the results of its investigation. [2]

An investigation with a security firm found no fact that highly confidential data such as customer information leaked from the server. It did find that user ID information of group employees and others, such as names and mail addresses, may have leaked. No secondary damage had been found, but the company warned on its website that suspicious mail or contact impersonating employees might arrive. [2]

As of February, no effect on its manufacturing sites in Japan and abroad or on related companies had been found. [1]