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
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
- Started 2020-10-21
- Disclosed 2021-07-12
- 264 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Ransomware]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Osaka, Osaka, Chuo-kuManufacturing
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.The victim was its wholly owned Taiwan subsidiary, Taiwan Shionogi.
Sources
- [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