Kyung Chang Industrial ransomware attack believed to have leaked internal data
Car parts maker Kyung Chang Industrial was hacked by a ransomware group, and shared data and files from some employees' PCs are believed to have been leaked. The attackers claimed the stolen data amounted to 1.8TB. Kyung Chang Industrial did not give a specific response to press enquiries.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kyung Chang Industrial
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Suspected leak of shared data and files from some employees' PCs; 1.8TB according to the attackers' claim
- Cause / method
- Hacking by a ransomware group
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- The hacking of Kyung Chang Industrial by a ransomware group and the attackers' claim to have stolen 1.8TB of data were reported.
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