Murata: intrusion into the information-sharing system
Murata detected possible intrusion on February 28 and disclosed it March 6. About 73,000 employee/family/retiree records and 15,000 external-contact records were acquired or potentially acquired from an internal information-sharing system; some may include bank or health data. No public posting or secondary misuse was confirmed as of April 27. Production and sales were unaffected.
Disclosed
2026-03-06
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
73K
73,000
Downtime
Unknown
Timeline
- Detected 2026-02-28
- Disclosed 2026-03-06
- 6 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Intrusion]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Critical]Kyoto, NagaokakyoManufacturing
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][Official]当社のIT環境への不正アクセスに関するお知らせMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2026-03-06
- [2][Official]当社のIT環境への不正アクセスに関するお知らせ(第三報)Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2026-04-27