Kurita America, Water Treatment Chemical Company, Hit By Ransomware
INCIDENT
Japan’s Kurita Water Industries Ltd.’s Minnesota-based U.S. headquarters suffered a ransomware attack at the end of November, company officials said.
Kurita America Inc., a consolidated subsidiary in North America, found evidence of unauthorized access and ransomware infection on multiple servers.
On Friday November 29 at 3 p.m., there was an alert detected on KAI’s security monitoring system. At that time, the company conducted an investigation with external experts leading to the confirmation that multiple servers had experienced a ransomware attack and had been encrypted.
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Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
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