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H.I.S.: a PC is suspected to have been infected with Emotet and suspicious mail may be sent

A suspected infection with a virus believed to be Emotet was found on March 7, and suspicious mail impersonating the company was later confirmed.

Disclosed

2022-03-11

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. A PC was suspected of infection with a virus believed to be Emotet through an attack email. It immediately disconnected the PC from the network and restricted external access. [1]

  2. It announced the case. It said suspicious mail might be sent to customers who had exchanged email with it and urged them to delete it. [1]

  3. It announced that further investigation had confirmed suspicious mail impersonating its employees being sent by a third party. [2]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected 2022-03-07
  2. Disclosed 2022-03-11
  3. 4 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Malware]
Impact
[Fraud]
Entry point
E-mail

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]弊社を装った不審メールに関するご注意のお知らせH.I.S. Co., Ltd. · 2022-03-11
  2. [2][News]3月にEmotet感染公表のHIS、不審メールの発信を確認ScanNetSecurity · 2022-04-28 08:05