Ingerop
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
Hackers access confidential documents about nuclear plants and prisons in a cyberattack on the French Ingerop and leak 65Gb of data. The attack occurred back in June.
Austal
November 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, manufacturing ]
Australian defence shipbuilder Austal is the victim of a data breach and an extortion attempt. The attackers gain access to ship designs and to some staff email addresses and mobile phone numbers. Fingers point to Iran.
A primary company in the Italian naval industry
October 17, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers from Yoroi discover a new targeted campaign against one of the most important companies in the Italian naval industry. The malware is dubbed MartyMcFly.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Red Bull
April 22, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
The Red Bull website is defaced twice in few hours, probably exploiting the Drupalgeddon 2 vulnerability.
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.
Boeing
March 28, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A Boeing facility in South Carolina is hit by the Wannacry ransomware.
TheDarkOverlord
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
TheDarkOverlord claims to have breached H-E Parts Morgan. The breach seems to have occurred in November.
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.
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.
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.
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.
