Chemical Maker Hit in Cyber Attack

January 12, 2022

INCIDENT

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Specialty chemical maker, Element Solutions Inc., suffered a cyber attack, company officials said Monday.
“Element Solutions recently detected a cyber intrusion on certain of the Company’s information technology systems,” the company said in a statement. “Upon detection of the incident, the company promptly took action to contain it and implement business continuity and data recovery protocols.”

Incident Date

January 5, 2022

Estimated Cost


No cost values disclosed.

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified

Industries

Chemicals

Impacts

IT