Late last week, Japanese technology giant Fujitsu reported suffering a cyberattack in which its customers' personal and confidential information was stolen.
In a press release posted on Fujitsu's website on Friday (and automatically translated from Japanese), the company said it detected malware on “multiple work computers,” forcing the organization to take compromised endpoints offline.
Following an internal investigation, the company discovered that “files containing personal information and customer information could be legally deleted.”
There is no evidence of misuse
Unfortunately, Fujitsu's announcement was brief and lacked crucial information. TechRadar Pro We have reached out with additional questions and will update the article accordingly.
So far, the company has not said which files were taken, so there is no indication that they include payment data, phone numbers, social security numbers or other sensitive information that could be used in identity theft and similar fraudulent activities. .
While Fujitsu said both “personal and customer” information was taken, it is not confirmed whether the files belong to employees (current or former), business partners, or someone else entirely. There is also no information on exactly how many people were affected by the breach.
Finally, Fujitsu has not yet revealed whether this was a ransomware attack or a simple data capture, or who the perpetrators were. Ransomware groups often demand payment in exchange for keeping data private, so attackers may be asking for millions in cryptocurrency.
What has been confirmed is that Fujitsu reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission (Japanese data watchdog) and that it is investigating whether the data appeared somewhere on the (dark) web. So far, there is no evidence of data misuse, the company confirmed.
“We deeply apologize for the great concern and inconvenience this has caused to everyone involved,” the press release concludes.
According to 2021 data, Fujitsu is the world's sixth largest IT services provider by annual revenue and the largest in Japan.
