Panasonic, one of Japan’s leading electronics manufacturers, has disclosed a major security breach caused by an unidentified attacker gaining access to its internal network.
The Osaka-based company said it detected the security breach on Nov. 11, 2021.
As a result of an internal investigation, it was discovered that some data on the file server was accessed during the intrusion
Although no other details have been released, Japanese news outlets such as the Mainichi Shimbun and NHK have published details about the breach, including the fact that the attackers accessed sensitive information such as customer information, personal information of employees, and technical files of Panasonic’s domestic offices.
The server, which stored information about the company’s technology and clients as well as personal information of employees, was illegally accessed multiple times between June 22 this year and June 3 this month.
According to the news agency, the hackers had been accessing the company’s servers for more than four months, from June 22 to November 3, when they discovered the network breach following an anomaly in network traffic.
Although other details are not available at this time, most of the major tech companies have been victims of network intrusions by China’s state-approved spy groups in the past three years, and there are strong allies that this incident is no different.
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