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Olympus: IT systems in the Americas were accessed without authorization, and the affected systems were stopped

Unauthorized access to IT servers in the US, Canada and Latin America was detected on October 10; affected systems were stopped and no effect outside the Americas was confirmed.

Disclosed

2021-10-12

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

2021-10-10
It detected unauthorized access to IT servers in the Americas (US, Canada and Latin America). It set up a response team, stopped the affected systems and contacted related partners. [1] [2]
2021-10-12
It announced the case. Only the Americas were affected, and no effect on systems outside the region was confirmed. [1] [2]

Timeline

Started, Detected 2021-10-10
Disclosed 2021-10-12
2 days

Attack or cause

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

Data exposed or at risk

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Organizations involved

[Breached][Moderate]Tokyo, HachiojiManufacturing
Olympus Corporation
The affected systems are in the Americas.

						Note
Olympus Corporation	[Breached]	[Moderate]	Tokyo, Hachioji	Manufacturing	Unknown	The affected systems are in the Americas.

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Sources

[1][Official]米州における当社ITシステムに対する不正アクセスについてOlympus Corporation · 2021-10-12
[2][News]オリンパス、EMEA地域に続き今度は米州で不正アクセス被害ScanNetSecurity · 2021-10-15 08:05