Ransomware viruses (ransomware) in Japan

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• Ransomware ransomware viruses (ransomware)
• Information Security in Japan

2024

Major Japanese game maker Kadokawa pays hackers $3 million ransom to unlock computers infected with ransomware virus

On December 13, 2024, it became known that the Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa, which manages numerous companies in the film industry, publishing and gaming industry, paid a ransom to cybercriminals in the amount of about $3 million to unlock computers infected with the ransomware virus. The BlackSuit group claimed responsibility for the hacker attack. Read more here

Ransomware virus attack on industrial corporation Nidec

In October 2024, the Japanese industrial corporation Nidec confirmed the ransomware virus attack. Her data is leaked to the Internet. According to the Nidec press service, the attackers put forward ransom demands, and after their refusal they leaked the stolen information. Read more here.

Ransomware virus attack on watch maker Casio

In October 2024, Casio admitted to attacking its IT infrastructure with a ransomware virus. 205GB of employee, customer and partner data stolen. Read more here.

2023: Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai falls victim to ransomware attack

The Japanese pharmaceutical a company Eisai specializing in development and production, and cancer drugs dementias other diseases, recently reported that it was faced with, attack programs extortioners which significantly affected the company's operations. This became known on June 8, 2023. More. here

2022

Panasonic attacked the ransomware virus again. 2.8 GB Data Base stolen

On April 11, 2022, Japanese tech giant Panasonic confirmed that its Canadian unit had been subjected to a cyber attack. This happened less than six months after the company fell victim to hackers in November 2021. Read more here.

Japanese auto parts manufacturer Denso was attacked by a ransomware virus. 1.4TB of commercial data stolen from him

In early March 2022, auto parts manufacturer Denso attacked a ransomware virus, as a result of which 1.4 TB of commercial information was stolen from the company, including more than 157 thousand purchase orders, emails, etc. Read more here.

2021

Japan and the United States unite in the fight against cyber drivers

The governments of Japan and the United States plan to begin cooperation in the fight against ransomware viruses. This became known on December 27, 2021. Read more here.

Ransomware virus attack on Olympus

On September 8, 2021, Olympus was attacked by a ransomware virus, the company is investigating a cybersecurity incident affecting its computer network in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read more here.

Ransomware virus attack on Fujifilm and subsequent shutdown of IT systems

In early June 2021, Fujifilm announced the shutdown of several servers after a ransomware virus attack. According to Bleeping Computer, the malicious campaign was organized using the Qbot Trojan, which first became known ten years earlier. Read more here.

DarkSide hackers steal 740 GB of top-secret information from Toshiba

In mid-May 2021, a group of DarkSide hackers reported the theft of 740 GB of information from the French division of the Japanese electrical corporation Toshiba. The attackers got top-secret information, including new business projects, data that are related to the work of management, as well as personal files of employees. Read more here.

2020

RansomEXX ransomware virus attack on Konica Minolta

On August 17, 2020, it became known about the ransomware virus attack on Konica Minolta. As a result of this hacker attack, some of the company's IT systems failed, and some of the equipment was blocked. Read more here.

The ransomware virus has blocked Canon's servers. Hackers took possession of 10 TB of user data

On August 5, 2020, it became known about the ransomware virus attack on Canon. Hackers stole 10 TB of data, stopped dozens of American Canon servers, as well as the company's internal corporate platforms. Read more here.

Ransomware virus attack on Xerox: hackers demand ransom

In early July 2020, it became known that members of the Maze hacker group hacked into Xerox IT systems, threaten to put personal data in the public domain and demand a ransom from the company. Read more here.

Honda ransomware virus disabled IT system at three factories

On June 9, 2020, Honda announced a halt in the production of cars and motorcycles around the world after the company survived a cyber attack. Read more here.