A subsidiary of Japanese tech giant Toshiba has admitted suffering a cybersecurity breach reportedly caused by the DarkSide ransomware gang.
Toshiba Tec Corporation — which makes printing, scanning and other office equipment — revealed the incident in a statement on Friday.
Although the update did not confirm whether any customer data was taken in the incident, Toshiba admitted that “it is possible that some information and data may have been leaked by the criminal gang.”
The firm has contacted the relevant authorities in Europe, where the attackers struck, and is working with third-party cyber experts to find out exactly what happened.
“The group also took actions to stop the networks and systems operating between Japan and Europe, as well as those operating among European subsidiaries, with the aim of preventing the spread of damage while deploying recovery measures sequentially once effective data backup has been completed,” it added. read more here