Cyberattack Causes Leak of 115,000 Sets of Info from Asahi Group
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A ransomware attack on Asahi Group Holdings in September leaked 115,513 sets of personal data, including client and employee info, and disrupted production.
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Source: Nippon.com
A ransomware attack at Japanese food and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. last September led to the leak of 115,513 sets of personal data, the company has said. Of the total, 110,396 involved the names and phone numbers of client companies’ executives and employees, and 5,117 the names and addresses of Asahi Group workers, including those who have quit, according to the firm’s announcement this week. Asahi Group said in November that 18 sets of information were confirmed to have leaked while 1,914,000 may have leaked. The cyberattack caused a system glitch, which forced Asahi Group to suspend production and shipments at most of its domestic plants and process orders manually. Full Story