Canon ransomware attack update -
Bank Info Security magazine published article with update on recent event
- According to Emsisoft Security, the Maze ransomware group has posted on its Dark Web website some of the data is claims it stole from Canon USA
- Claims it posted only 5%, or 2.5GB of the data it now has possession of, and is
threatening to post most of the data if Canon does not pay ransom
- Apparently Canon disclosed on 8/6/20 that it was struck by the ransomware, and has now invested in cyber incident protocols, end point threat detection and response tools
- The attack also took down many of Canon’s websites, some of which are still not operable according to article