Smiths Group isolates systems after unauthorised access
British engineering company Smiths Group disclosed unauthorised access to its systems on 29 January 2025. The company isolated the affected systems, activated its business continuity plans and began restoring systems. Whether data had been stolen was under investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Smiths Group
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to internal systems by an attacker
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- Smiths Group disclosed unauthorised access to its systems, isolated the affected systems, activated business continuity plans, began recovery and investigated whether data had been stolen.
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