Seiko says ransomware assault led to leak of 60,000 ‘objects’ of private knowledge

Japanese watchmaker Seiko introduced on Wednesday {that a} ransomware incident initially reported this summer season resulted within the breach of about 60,000 items of private knowledge from prospects, staff, enterprise companions and job candidates.

The corporate stated it had accomplished a complete evaluate of the breach with outdoors cybersecurity consultants. The leaked knowledge had been saved by the enterprise items generally known as Seiko Group Company (SGC), Seiko Watch Company (SWC) and Seiko Devices Inc. (SII).

“We now have begun reaching out to every of the affected events individually, and if any additional leaks are found, we are going to, to the perfect of our skill, proceed to answer every affected occasion on a person foundation,” Seiko stated.

In August the Black Cat cybercrime group, often known as AlphV, took credit score for the incident and shortly afterward Seiko confirmed that it was a ransomware assault.

Seiko didn’t specify what it meant by “objects” of private knowledge, however stated data falls into these classes:

• Buyer data from SWC, “together with names, addresses, phone numbers, and/or electronic mail addresses.” However “bank card data was not compromised.”
• Contact data for “counterparties concerned in enterprise transactions with SGC, SWC, and/or SII.” That knowledge included “title, firm affiliation, job title, firm tackle, firm cellphone quantity, and/or firm electronic mail tackle.”
• Job applicant data from folks looking for “employment with SGC and/or SWC, together with names, addresses, cellphone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and/or instructional background data.”
  Details about present and former staff of SGC, together with “names and/or electronic mail addresses.”

Seiko stated it’s persevering with to evaluate the ransomware assault whereas shoring up its insurance policies and techniques “to stop any recurrence of such a incident.”

One other Japanese firm with a big watchmaking enterprise, Casio, stated final week that considered one of its software program subsidiaries had a knowledge breach earlier in October.