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[Resolved][Severity: Moderate][Malware]

RIKEN: some PCs were infected with Emotet and suspicious mail impersonating departments and staff was sent

Some internal PCs were infected with Emotet and mail impersonating departments and staff is being sent. It also consulted the Saitama police.

Disclosed

2022-03-09

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It announced that some PCs were infected with Emotet and that mail impersonating departments and staff was being sent. It consulted the Saitama police and urged recipients not to open attachments or click URLs. [1]

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2022-03-09
  2. 1 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]（注意喚起）理化学研究所の部署名や職員名を騙る不審メールについてRIKEN · 2022-03-09