Technology giant Fujitsu claims it was hacked, warns of data breach

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Multinational technology giant Fujitsu acknowledged the cyberattack in a statement on Friday, warning that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information.

Fujitsu stated on its website, “As a result of confirming the presence of malware on several of our company's work computers and conducting an internal investigation, we found that files containing personal information and customer information may be illegally taken out.'' announced. Translation from Japanese.

Fujitsu said it has disconnected the affected systems from its network and is investigating how its network was compromised by the malware and “whether any information was leaked.”

The technology conglomerate did not disclose the type of malware used or the nature of the cyberattack.

Fujitsu is also investigating what types of personal information may have been stolen and to whom it pertains, including employees, corporate customers, and citizens whose governments are using the company's technology. didn't mention it either.

Fujitsu is headquartered in Japan and has approximately 124,000 employees serving government and private sector customers around the world. The technology company has recently faced fresh uproar over its role in the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British Post Office workers, which were later blamed on a bug in the Horizon computer software developed by Fujitsu. He was charged with discovered false accounting and theft.

A representative for Fujitsu did not immediately respond to TechCrunch's request for comment on the cyber attack.

Fujitsu said it reported the incident to Japan's data protection authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission, “in anticipation” that personal information may have been stolen.

The company did not say whether it has filed the required data breach notifications with other governments or authorities, including the United States.