Security News > 2020 > January > Hackers Steal Employee and Corporate Information From Mitsubishi Electric
Personal and corporate information was stolen from electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company Mitsubishi Electric during a data breach that occurred last year.
In a notice published on Monday, the Japanese company confirmed not only that its network was breached, but also that the attackers may have accessed some personal and confidential corporate information.
The company says its internal investigation has confirmed that "Sensitive information on social infrastructure such as defense, electric power, and railways, highly confidential technical information, and important information concerning business partners" hasn't been stolen.
Mitsubishi Electric estimates that the hackers exfiltrated around 200MB of data, including employment application information on 1,987 people, employee information on 4,566 people, and information on 1,569 retired employees of affiliated companies.
"While the type of data breached is unclear, knowing that Mitsubishi Electric is a top contractor for Japan's military and infrastructure, this breach is especially concerning. Enterprises and organizations that regularly handle sensitive and confidential data must understand the serious risks associated with a breach of that information and leverage Zero Trust security strategies, where organizations 'never trust, but always verify' entities outside and inside their network," Ben Goodman, CISSP and SVP of global business and corporate development at ForgeRock, told SecurityWeek in an emailed comment.