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.
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.
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.
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.
Porsche Japan
February 26, 2017
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The Japanese arm of Porsche says more than 28,000 email addresses have been leaked via a hack.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
February 10, 2017
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is the victim of a targeted attack. The attack is thought to originate from Pakistan.
General Motors
January 12, 2017
•[ leak, manufacturing ]
Reports come out claiming that GM employees' names and social security numbers might have been exposed during a breach.
Gorilla Glue
November 17, 2016
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The Dark Overlord claims to have stolen a wealth of company and personal information (500Gb) from US adhesive, glue, and tape company Gorilla Glue.
converse
October 28, 2016
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
Converse reveals that the company's Australian e-commerce site was intercepting payment details for website visitors that made purchases between Sept. 2 and Oct. 12 of this year.
Acer
June 15, 2016
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Acer informs the California attorney general that its online store was attacked by hackers. An unauthorized outside party has taken a year's worth of full credit card data, names and addresses between mid-May 2015 and late-April this year.
Multi-Color Corporation
June 15, 2016
•[ insider, manufacturing ]
Multi-Color, a label solutions firm, reports that a break-in at a third party affiliate resulted in the compromise of Multi-Color employee personally identifiable information.
eir
May 26, 2016
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
A Kurdish hacker using the name MuhmadEmad defaces five Dell subdomains and leaves anti-Turkey and anti-ISIS messages on the sites.
Hanjin Heavy Industries
May 11, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, manufacturing ]
South Korea points the finger to North Korea after Hanjin Heavy Industries, a navy defence contractor, is hacked.
Brunswick Corp.
April 29, 2016
•[ phishing, manufacturing ]
Brunswick Corp. is the last victim of a spear phishing scam that allows the attackers to steal W-2 information for possibly all 13,000 current and former company employees.
Maisto
April 29, 2016
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
The website belonging to Maisto International, a popular maker of remote-controlled toy vehicles, is caught pushing ransomware.
mayline
April 18, 2016
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
sn0n hacks mayline.com and dumps 2,803 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
BCGold Corp.
March 27, 2016
•[ hack, deface, manufacturing ]
As part of its #OpCanary operation against multinational corporations, the Anonymous deface the homepage of BCGold Corp., a Canadian-based company focused primarily on gold and copper mining.
