Toshiba unit hacked in Europe, conglomerate to undergo strategic review
By Makiko Yamazaki and Benoit Van Overstraeten
Reuters
TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) -A unit of Toshiba Corp was hit by a ransomware attack, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the conglomerate and an upbeat profit forecast.
Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes point-of-sale systems and copiers, said had been hacked by DarkSide, the group the U.S. FBI has blamed for the Colonial Pipeline attack, its French subsidiary said.
It said only a minimal amount of work data had been lost.
Reuters could not access DarkSide s public-facing website on Friday. Security researchers said DarkSide s multiple websites had stopped being accessible.
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TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) -A Toshiba Corp unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the Japanese conglomerate under pressure from activist shareholders to seek out suitors.
Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes products such as bar code printers and is valued at $2.3 billion, was hacked by DarkSide - the group widely believed to be behind the recent Colonial Pipeline attack, its French subsidiary said.
It added, however, that only a minimal amount of work data had been lost.
“There are around 30 groups within DarkSide that are attempting to hack companies all the time, and they succeeded this time with Toshiba,” said Takashi Yoshikawa, a senior malware analyst at Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions.
Updated / Friday, 14 May 2021
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Toshiba has announced a strategic review of the Japanese conglomerate
A Toshiba business unit said today it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the Japanese conglomerate under pressure from activist shareholders to seek out suitors.
Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes products such as bar code printers and is valued at $2.3 billion, was hacked by DarkSide.
Darkside is believed to be behind the recent Colonial Pipeline attack in the US.
It added, however, that only a minimal amount of work data had been lost. There are around 30 groups within DarkSide that are attempting to hack companies all the time, and they succeeded this time with Toshiba, said Takashi Yoshikawa, a senior malware analyst at Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions.
A unit of Toshiba Corp was hit by a ransomware attack, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the conglomerate and an upbeat profit forecast.
Toshiba Tec France Imaging System SA yesterday said that DarkSide, the group that the FBI has blamed for the Colonial Pipeline Co attack, on Tuesday last week targeted it in a ransomware attack.
The unit said in a statement that only a minimal amount of work data were lost during the cyberattack and no leaks of data had been detected.
It put protective measures in place immediately after the attack, the unit said.
Toshiba Tec France Imaging System