Schneider Electric
August 24, 2018
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Schneider Electric finds a malicious code on the USB drives that have been shipped with Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products.
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.)
August 3, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A computer virus, later reported to be a variant of WannaCry, halts several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factories, the sole maker of the iPhone's main processor.
Colorado Timberline
September 14, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Colorado Timberline, a Colorado printing company claims to have been forced out of business after being hit with a severe ransomware attack from which it could not recover.
SMEG UK
September 12, 2018
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The UK branch of the appliance manufacturer SMEG reveals to have been hit by a "targeted cyber attack".
Toyota (North America)
September 28, 2018
•[ social, phishing, manufacturing ]
Toyota Industries North America notifies individuals of a phishing incident, potentially impacting approximately 19,000 current/former employees and health plan participants.
Boeing
March 28, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A Boeing facility in South Carolina is hit by the Wannacry ransomware.
Morinaga Milk Industry Co.
May 9, 2018
•[ leak, manufacturing ]
After receiving a report from a credit card issuer, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. says that credit card or other personal information of up to 120,000 online customers may have leaked.
Red Bull
April 22, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
The Red Bull website is defaced twice in few hours, probably exploiting the Drupalgeddon 2 vulnerability.
TheDarkOverlord
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
TheDarkOverlord claims to have breached H-E Parts Morgan. The breach seems to have occurred in November.
Honda Greece
May 7, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
Turkish hackers from Akincilar launch a new cyber attack against Honda Greece. The automaker's website in Greece is infiltrated with a message condemning the country for "partnering" with terrorists.
Inogen
April 13, 2018
•[ insider, manufacturing ]
Inogen, a California-based medical device manufacturer, reports that 30,000 former and current customers may have had their personal information exposed when a company employee's email account was compromised sometime between Jan. 2, 2018, and Mar. 14, 2018.
ASI Constructors, Inc.
March 1, 2018
•[ social, phishing, manufacturing ]
ASI Constructors, Inc. reveals to have suffered a phishing attack targeting employees' 2017 W-2 forms. The attack occurred on January 31, 2018.
Nissan Canada Finance
December 21, 2017
•[ hack, financial, manufacturing ]
Nissan Canada's vehicle-financing wing has been hacked, putting personal information of as many as 1.13 million customers at risk. The exposed data includes at least customer names, addresses, vehicle makes and models, vehicle identification numbers (VINs), credit scores, loan amounts and monthly payment figures.
OnePlus
January 15, 2018
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus launches an investigation after a number of customers who used its website to purchase products complain of attempted fraud. Few days after (January 19) the company confirms to have been hacked via a malicious script.
Siemens
November 27, 2017
•[ espionage, hack, manufacturing ]
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted three members of Boyusec, a China-based internet security firm, on charges including conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse and conspiring to commit trade-secret theft. The victims included Moody's Analytics, Siemens, and Trimble. Though not mentioned in the indictment, Boyusec is believed to work on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security and be a front for APT3.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd
October 31, 2017
•[ espionage, manufacturing ]
North Korea is suspected to have stolen South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd's database in April last year.
Dell
October 24, 2017
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
KrebsOnSecurity reveals that a web site set up by PC maker Dell Inc. to help customers recover from malicious software (DellBackupandRecoveryCloudStorage.com) may have been hijacked for a few weeks this summer.
LG
August 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Global consumer electronics manufacturer LG confirms it had to shut down some parts of its network after systems fell victim to WannaCry ransomware. Ransomware is also found on an LG self-service kiosk in South Korea.
Renault
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down Renault operations in several countries.
Nissan
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down a Nissan factory in Sunderland.
