The BlackCat/ ALPHV ransomware gang has actually included Seiko to its extortion website, asserting duty for a cyberattack revealed by the Japanese company previously this month.
Seiko is among the globe’s biggest as well as most historical watch manufacturers, with approximately 12,000 workers as well as a yearly earnings that goes beyond $1.6 billion.
On August 10th, 2023, the firm released a notification of an information violation educating that an unapproved third-party accessed to a minimum of a component of its IT facilities as well as accessed or exfiltrated information.
“It appears that [on July 28, 2023] some as-yet-unidentified party or parties gained unauthorized access to at least one of our servers,” reads Seiko’s announcement.
“Subsequently, on August 2nd, we commissioned a team of external cybersecurity experts to investigate and assess the situation.”
“As an outcome, we are currently sensibly specific that there was a.