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Olympus: IT systems for sales and manufacturing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit by malware through unauthorized access

Malware hit part of the sales and manufacturing networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; links were cut. Operations were restored, with no trace of data leaks.

Disclosed

2021-09-11

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It detected unauthorized access to IT servers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, set up a response team and cut outbound communications from the affected systems. [1]

  2. It announced the case. [1]

  3. It confirmed that malware was the cause and part of the sales and manufacturing networks was affected. Operations were restored to normal. [2] [3]

Impact

The investigation has found no trace of data loss, misuse or leaks, and no effect on systems outside the region was confirmed. [2]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected 2021-09-08
  2. Disclosed 2021-09-11
  3. 3 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Malware]
Impact
[Service outage]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]当社一部地域のITシステムに対する不正アクセスについてOlympus Corporation · 2021-09-11
  2. [2][Official]当社一部地域のITシステムに対する不正アクセスへの対応状況と業務の復旧についてOlympus Corporation · 2021-09-14
  3. [3][News]オリンパスのEMEA地域のITシステムへの不正アクセス、マルウェアが原因と確認ScanNetSecurity · 2021-09-28 08:05