Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information.
Fujitsu is the world’s sixth largest IT services provider, employing 124,000 people and having an annual revenue of $23.9 billion. The company has a strong presence in the global market, operating in over 100 countries.
The data breach announcement was published on the firm’s news portal stating that a major cybersecurity incident has compromised systems and data, including sensitive information of customers.
After confirming the presence of the malware, they promptly isolated the affected business computers and have taken measures such as strengthening the monitoring of other business computers.
Fujitsu says it will continue investigating how the malware found its way into business systems and what data it exfiltrated.
Though the firm has not received any reports of the misuse of customer data, it has informed the Personal Information Protection Commission about the incident and is currently preparing individual notices for impacted customers.
In May 2021, Fujitsu’s ProjectWEB information sharing tool was exploited to breach the offices of multiple Japanese government agencies, allowing unauthorized access and stealing of 76,000 email addresses and proprietary data.
The stolen data included sensitive information from government systems and potentially air traffic control data from the Narita International Airport.
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