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Nikkei: a server of its Singapore Asia headquarters was infected with ransomware and may have held personal data

The server of its Asia headquarters in Singapore was infected with ransomware on May 13. In July it found that a leak of files containing personal data could not be ruled out.

Disclosed

2022-05-19

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It found a server at the Singapore Asia headquarters infected with ransomware. [1]

  2. It reported to the personal data authorities of Japan and Singapore and announced the case. The server may have held personal data. [1]

  3. It published a second report. An investigation with outside specialists found traces of attempts to take some files out of the server, so a leak of personal data could not be fully ruled out. [2] [3]

Impact

The files that may have leaked and hold personal data are materials of a joint project between a Singapore business school and the Asia headquarters, materials of events in Southeast Asia, and materials about the Asia headquarters' officers and employees. No leak has been confirmed so far. Those concerned are being contacted in turn. [2] [3]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected 2022-05-13
  2. Disclosed 2022-05-19
  3. 6 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Ransomware][Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]本社シンガポール法人への不正アクセスについてNikkei Inc. · 2022-05-19
  2. [2][Official]本社シンガポール法人への不正アクセスについて（第２報） : 最新情報 | 日本経済新聞社Nikkei Inc. · 2022-07-07
  3. [3][News]日経のシンガポール現地法人でのランサムウェア感染、痕跡からは個人情報が流出した可能性を完全には否定できずScanNetSecurity · 2022-07-12 08:05