Advanced Manufacturing Provider, PanOptimization, Suffers Cyberattack
State College, Pennsylvania-based PanOptimization LLC suffered a cyberattack where employees at the advanced manufacturing firm had some personally identifiable information stolen.
“We are writing to you because of an incident involving access to information associated with your employment records at PanOptimization LLC,” the company said in a letter to victims of the incident. “Although we are unaware of any actual misuse of your information, we are providing notice to you and other potentially affected employees about the incident, and about tools you can use to protect yourself against possible identity theft or fraud.”
On June 2, one of the company’s Microsoft exchange accounts ended up compromised. The threat actor intercepted login credentials via a phishing attack and temporarily gained access to one email account.