Daiwa Securities Group: servers and network of its UK M&A advisory subsidiary were accessed without authorization
Servers and network of its UK subsidiary were accessed without authorization. Any leak is under investigation. Domestic operations are unaffected.
Disclosed
2022-04-08
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
It announced unauthorized access to servers and the network system owned and operated by its UK subsidiary Daiwa Corporate Advisory Limited, which provides M&A advisory services. After confirming it, the subsidiary took preventive measures and is investigating the state and extent of any leak with outside experts. The domestic and UK securities networks are separate, so domestic operations are unaffected. [1] [2]
Timeline
- Disclosed 2022-04-08
- 1 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Intrusion]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Tokyo, ChiyodaFinance and insurance
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.The victim was its UK subsidiary Daiwa Corporate Advisory Limited.
Sources
- [1][News]大和証G、英M&A子会社に不正アクセス 調査を開始 | ロイターReuters · 2022-04-08
- [2][News]大和証券グループ本社の英国子会社に不正アクセス、情報流出状況は調査中ScanNetSecurity · 2022-04-13 08:05