Tech behemoth Fujitsu reports a data breach and claims it was hacked. It confirmed in a statement on Friday that it had detected a breach and that hackers might have taken customer and personal information.
Fujitsu posted a statement on its website, translated from Japanese, saying, “We confirmed the presence of malware on multiple work computers at our company, and as a result of an internal investigation, we discovered that files containing personal information and customer information could be illegally taken out,”
According to Fujitsu, it has cut off the impacted systems from its network and is looking into how the malware entered its system and whether information has been leaked.
The IT giant did not describe the type of malware or the extent of the cyberattack.
Additionally, Fujitsu did not specify what kind of personal data would have been taken or who might have been the victim of it—e.g., company personnel, business clients, or individuals whose governments utilize the company’s technology.
With its headquarters located in Japan, Fujitsu employs over 124,000 people worldwide, catering to both public and private sector clients. The tech giant was recently the target of fresh criticism for its part in the erroneous convictions of hundreds of U.K. Post Office employees. These employees were charged with theft and false accounting, which was eventually linked to errors in Fujitsu’s Horizon computer program.
When asked Fujitsu personnel for comments regarding the cyberattack, they did not answer right away.
According to Fujitsu, it reported the event “in anticipation” that personal data might have been stolen to the Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan’s data protection body.
The business has not disclosed if it has reported necessary data breaches to any other authorities or governments, including those in the US.
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