Paramount Bed: an employee's virtual desktop was infected with malware, and addresses and bodies of past emails may have leaked, with suspicious emails reusing those messages sent out

1. 2021-06-07

   One virtual desktop environment used for work was infected with malware. [1]

2. 2021-06-09

   It noticed the infection. It confirmed that suspicious emails reusing messages previously exchanged with the employee were being sent by a third party to several people concerned. [1] [2]

3. 2021-06-15

   It announced the case. [2]

Email addresses and bodies stored on the device may have leaked. The suspicious emails did not use an employee's name as sender. They had English text, and garbled sections that seemed to quote past messages showed related email addresses. Some carried attachments. The type of malware, the extent of the leak and the number of emails sent were under investigation. The company contacted customers whose addresses or message bodies may have leaked and reported to and consulted the Personal Information Protection Commission. It asked recipients of suspicious emails to delete them without opening URLs or attachments. [1] [2]