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Kaneko Seeds: several in-house terminals were infected with malware, and personal data and some corporate information may have leaked

Checks of a misbehaving PC found traces of remote control and malware infection. No leak has been confirmed so far.

Disclosed

2021-12-24

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It found a PC behaving abnormally. Checks showed traces of remote control from outside. [1] [2]

  2. An outside specialist began an investigation and confirmed malware infection on several in-house terminals. It isolated them from the network. [1] [2]

  3. It announced the case. It reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission and consulted the Gunma police. [1]

Impact

It said personal data and some corporate information might have leaked, and that the content and scale were under investigation. No leak has been confirmed so far. [1]

Timeline

  1. Detected 2021-12-10
  2. Disclosed 2021-12-24
  3. 14 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Malware]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Remote access

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]マルウェア感染による個人情報等漏洩の可能性に関するお知らせとお詫びKaneko Seeds Co., Ltd. · 2021-12-24
  2. [2][News]カネコ種苗の端末がマルウェア感染、外部から遠隔操作の形跡を確認ScanNetSecurity · 2022-01-05 08:05