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[Resolved][Severity: Major][Ransomware]

Shionogi: its wholly owned Taiwan subsidiary was hit by a cyberattack, and employee information was found on the dark web

Servers and PCs of the Taiwan subsidiary were infected with ransomware-type malware, and part of employee information leaked.

Disclosed

2021-07-12

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. Servers and PCs of Taiwan Shionogi were infected with ransomware-type malware. [1]

  2. Shionogi announced that part of employee information had leaked and was found on the dark web. [1]

Impact

The leaked data is employee information and does not include customer data. The Japan and US sites were not affected, and the systems have been restored. [1]

Timeline

  1. Started 2020-10-21
  2. Disclosed 2021-07-12
  3. 264 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Ransomware]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][News]台湾塩野義製薬へのサイバー攻撃、従業員情報をダークウェブで確認ScanNetSecurity · 2021-07-15 08:00