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OT Networking, Security Supplier, Belden, Attacked

November 24, 2020

Belden Inc., a supplier of specialty networking solutions and cybersecurity products, is investigating the cause of a cyberattack that led to unauthorized access and copying of some current and former employee data, as well as limited company information regarding some business partners.
Belden IT professionals detected unusual activity involving certain company servers, the company said in a release. Upon detection, the company immediately activated its cybersecurity incident response plan, deployed teams of internal IT specialists, and engaged leading third-party cybersecurity forensic experts and other advisors to identify and mitigate the impact of this incident.

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FireEye Hit by Cyber Attack

December 8, 2020

FireEye said its own systems ended up attacked by what it called “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities.”
The FireEye breach ended up disclosed in a blog post authored by Chief Executive Kevin Mandia. The post said “red team tools” were stolen as part of a highly sophisticated, likely “nation-state” hacking operation. It is not clear exactly when the hack initially took place.

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Advantech Hit By Ransomware

November 19, 2020

Ransomware attack hit Taiwan-based Advantech Co. in November, 2020 and the hackers sought 750 bitcoin or $13.8 million in exchange for the decryption key.

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Carnival Data Breach

August 16, 2020

Threat actors accessed and encrypted a portion of one brand’s information technology systems. They also downloaded files from the company’s network. Carnival upon preliminary assessment of the incident, stated that the attackers might have attained access to some guest and employees’ personal data.

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Emcor IT Systems Attack

February 15, 2020

EMCOR said that not all of its systems were impacted and only “certain IT systems” were affected, which it promptly shut down to contain the infection. The company said it was restoring services, but did not specify if it paid the ransom demand or if it was restoring from backups.

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Hexion/Momentive Global IT Outage

March 12, 2019

The incident caused a global IT outage that forced the company to order hundreds of new computers and give some employees new email accounts as their old ones had become inaccessible.

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Mondelez Ransomware Attack

September 27, 2017

Mondelez International, owner of U.K. chocolate maker Cadbury, estimated the cost of the attack at just over $150 million in lost sales and incremental expenses. The company, whose sales, distribution and financial networks were impacted by the malware, expects the recovery process to continue into the second half of 2017.

Mondelez filed $100 million claim from Zurich Insurance, claiming permanent damage to 1,700 of its servers and 24,000 laptops, inflicted by NotPetya, plus the theft of thousands of user credentials, unfulfilled customer orders and other losses.

The NotPetya ransomware attack crippled computer systems of firms operating across the globe. Building Systems unit with over 1700 servers and 24,000 laptops rendered malfunctional.

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