Toshiba Tec: five subsidiaries in four European countries were hit by ransomware at the same time, causing system failures, and data may have been stolen

1. 2021-05-04

   Late at night local time, five companies, two subsidiaries in France handling multifunction printers and toner and affiliated subsidiaries in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands selling POS systems, came under cyber attack. Ransomware caused system failures at each of them, and ransom demands arrived by email. [1]

2. 2021-06-11

   It gave an update on its investigation. No information leaked at the German and Dutch subsidiaries. At the Belgian subsidiary information leaked, but not customer information. At the two French companies, access to servers was confirmed and the leaked information is being examined. [2] [3]

Five companies were hit, but not through a shared system: separate systems at each company were attacked within a few hours. Toshiba Tec said it was investigating the cause and the extent of any data leak with an outside security firm, including the possibility that malware spread among the subsidiaries. It said data might have been stolen. [1]