Canon Admits Employee Data Hacked by Hackers

KOMPAS.com – Last August, a technology company engaged in the imaging sector, Canon confirm that server irresponsible people broke into them.

At that time, Canon had not spit out the stolen data, the following types attack cyber they experienced.

However, they immediately rushed to notify the employees that there had been a break-in server and promised to investigate the incident in collaboration with a cybersecurity firm.

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After tracing it, the Japanese camera manufacturer has now confirmed that server they were broken into with a manifold attack ransomware, an attack that can usually be overcome, if the victim pays a ransom.

As a result, data on Canon employees from 2005 to 2020, as well as their family members, was exposed to the public.

As for each employee data stored in server this includes a variety of sensitive data, such as name, identity number, driver’s license number, account number, electronic signature, place of birth date, and so on.

To anticipate a variety of undesirable things to happen, Canon will provide all the support through the company’s service channels, as well as provide other benefits for employees and former employees who are affected.

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More information about this incident, as well as support services for employees can be seen at the link following.

The culprit?

Then, who is the perpetrator behind the incident ransomware this? Unfortunately Canon did not reveal this, as well as how much money was asked by the perpetrator to return the stolen data.

However, as compiled KompasTekno from BleepingComputer, Saturday (28/11/2020), the attack was launched by one of the groups ransomware nicknamed “Maze”.

In fact, Maze admitted that they had managed to steal data from server Canon which number reached 10 terabyte (TB).

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Maze himself did not indulge in how much ransom they asked for. What is clear, if this is not fulfilled, they can uncover a variety of data on their website which can be accessed by many people.

For information, apart from Canon, Maze himself had launched a number of attacks ransomware targeting several large companies. Some of them are LG, Xerox, Allied Universal, Southwire, and City of Pensacola.

The good news, group ransomware It is said that it has ceased operations as of November 1 yesterday, more than a year running after being formed in May 2019.

That is, from this month onwards, attacks ransomware from the Maze the possibility of no more.

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