FromSoftware parent hit by ransomware attack and data leak
The parent company of FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft was hit by a ransomware attack. The attackers threatened to publish 1.5TB of internal data on 1 July unless a ransom was paid. The parent company later acknowledged a data leak, and it was suggested that personal information of Spike Chunsoft employees may also have been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data leak and possible leak of Spike Chunsoft employees' personal information
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- A ransomware group threatened to publish internal data of FromSoftware's parent company.
- The group threatened to publish 1.5TB of data on 1 July if the ransom was not paid.
- The victim company acknowledged a data leak resulting from the ransomware attack.
- The possibility that Spike Chunsoft employees' personal information was leaked was raised.
Also affected by this incident
Spike Chunsoft employee data possibly leaked in ransomware attack
↳ Knock-on damage from another organisation’s incident · View original incidentThe possibility was raised that personal data of Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. employees had been leaked in a ransomware hack. Whether a leak occurred, the scale of damage, the date of the incident and the response have not been confirmed.
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- Japanese anime and gaming giant admits data leak following ransomware attack
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