The company, which operates in 49 countries, also owns production facilities in Europe, Japan and Australia.
Although the nature of the incident has not been announced, it follows what was almost certainly a record year for ransomware incidents for organizations in the United Kingdom.
During just the first half of 2023, ransomware criminals had already compromised 667 organizations in the country - equivalent to just over 94% of the 706 affected in the entirety of the year prior.
The country's National Cyber Security Center has certified a number of firms under its Cyber Incident Response scheme for victim organizations to contact following a hack.
Businesses that suffer a data breach have a duty to inform the Information Commissioner's Office, Britain's data protection regulator, which can fine organizations that fail to report a breach up to 4% of their global turnover.
The nature of bug bounty programs is changing, and their 'auntie' is worried.
End-of-life Cisco routers targeted by China's Volt Typhoon group.
He was previously a technology reporter for Sky News and is also a fellow at the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 23:29:05 +0000