Cornwell Quality Tools
December 20, 2024
•[ leak, manufacturing ]
Cornwell Quality Tools discovered a data breach (Dec 20, 2024), later completed an investigation (Aug 4, 2025) and mailed notices (Sept 4, 2025) offering credit monitoring; exposed data may include names, SSNs, DL numbers, financial accounts, and medical information
Data I/O Corporation (electronics manufacturing)
August 16, 2025
•[ ransomware, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
Ransomware incident on August 16 due to third-party firewall vulnerability disrupted internal and operational systems. Contained and fully remediated by September 4 with no customer impact or data theft; remediation cost ~$180K against $300K in annual savings. Actor remains unknown.
Steel Warehouse Co. LLC (South Bend Steel Processor)
January 15, 2025
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
South Bend-based Steel Warehouse Co. LLC disclosed a data breach after a cybercriminal gang accessed systems in late 2024; breach notifications were issued in Jan 2025 and lawsuits filed Aug 2025 alleging mishandling of sensitive employee and contractor data.
Hitachi Energy
August 15, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Warlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for breaching Hitachi Energy in mid-August 2025, exfiltrating sensitive employee and corporate data and encrypting systems. Disruption lasted several days before partial recovery.
First International Computer, Inc.
January 2, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, manufacturing ]
NoName057(16) claims responsibility for DDOS against several Taiwanese entities
Alchip
January 3, 2025
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
On the afternoon of January 3, Qingyun Technology, Alchip, Popular Computer, and Formosa Plastics released important information, saying that their websites had been attacked. After they noticed the incident, they had activated relevant defense mechanisms and recovery operations. The website has resumed normal operation. At present, it is assessed that there is no impact on the company's operations. Qingyun and Alchip further mentioned that they initially assessed that no personal information or internal documents had been leaked.
Chipson Electronics
January 2, 2025
•[ ddos, manufacturing ]
Chipson Electronics released important information on the stock market public observatory, stating that their website was attacked by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
Nikki‑Universal Co. Ltd
January 1, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Nikki-Universal Co. Ltd., produsen kimia asal Jepang jadi korban serangan ransomware pada Desember 2024. Data dicuri, server tak berfungsi
Mizuno USA
January 30, 2025
•[ ransomware, manufacturing ]
Mizuno USA, a subsidiary of Mizuno Corporation, one of the world's largest sporting goods manufacturers, confirms in data breach notification letters that unknown attackers stole files from its network between August and October 2024. The BianLian claims responsibility for the attack.
Hakko Corporation
March 28, 2019
•[ leak, manufacturing ]
In March 2019, the Japanese solder-related business Hakko Corporation suffered a data breach. The incident exposed almost 10k customer records including email and physical addresses, phone numbers, names, usernames, genders, dates of birth and plain text passwords.
Spirol
February 22, 2014
•[ hack, sqlinjection, manufacturing ]
In February 2014, Connecticut based Spirol Fastening Solutions suffered a data breach that exposed over 70,000 customer records. The attack was allegedly mounted by exploiting a SQL injection vulnerability which yielded data from Spirols CRM system ranging from customers names, companies, contact information and over 55,000 unique email addresses.
boAt
March 25, 2024
•[ leak, manufacturing ]
In March 2024, the Indian audio and wearables brand boAt suffered a data breach that exposed 7.5M customer records. The data included physical and email address, names and phone numbers, all of which were subsequently published to a popular clear web hacking forum.
Nidec Corporation
June 3, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Nidec Corporation informs that threat actors behind a ransomware attack it suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web.
Schneider Electric
November 4, 2024
•[ leak, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
Schneider Electric confirms that a developer platform was breached after a threat actor claimed to steal 40GB of data from the company's JIRA server.
Stoli Group USA
November 29, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Stoli Group's U.S. companies file for bankruptcy following an August ransomware attack and Russian authorities seizing the company's remaining distilleries in the country.
Maxar Space Systems
October 11, 2024
•[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
U.S. satellite maker Maxar Space Systems reveals that threat actors breached its systems and accessed personal data belonging to its employees, the company informs in a notification to impacted individuals.
Ford X Account
December 31, 2024
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Ford confirms that its X account was briefly compromised, after posts referencing the Israel-Palestine war are published.
