WPG Holdings breach exposes employee names and email addresses
Taiwanese semiconductor distributor WPG Holdings investigated unusual access to its internal systems and confirmed unauthorised access to some employees’ names and work email addresses. The company warned employees that the information could be used for fraud and strengthened its defences and monitoring. The number of affected employees and the entry point were not disclosed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- WPG Holdings
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Names and work email addresses of some employees
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to internal systems
- Location
- Taiwan
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Timeline
- The company confirmed unauthorised access to employee names and work email addresses and announced that it had notified employees and strengthened its defences and monitoring.
- The breach of internal systems became public, with the number of affected employees and the entry point undisclosed.
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