Keytronic takes over $17 Million hit After Cyberatttack

August 6, 2024

INCIDENT

Keytronic detected the incident on May 6 after disruptions at its Mexico and U.S. sites impacted business applications supporting both operations and corporate functions. Keytronic was forced to shut down domestic and Mexico operations for two weeks during the incident response.

"Due to this event, the Company incurred approximately $2.3 million of additional expenses and believes that it lost approximately $15 million of revenue during the fourth quarter," the company said.

Black Basta ransomware gang claimed the attack late May. Keytronic has yet to attribute the attack to a specific threat group.

Incident Date

May 6, 2024

Estimated Cost

2 weeks operational shutdown; > $17M lost

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source