Security News > 2020 > January > Japanese Electronics Giant NEC Discloses Old Data Breach
Japanese IT and electronics company NEC Corporation has revealed that hackers had access to its network for a long time, but the incident occurred several years ago.
The attack, NEC says, was initially discovered in July 2017, when a report from the security company contracted by the electronics giant revealed unauthorized communications between computers on the internal network and external entities.
"These files do not contain confidential information or personal information. In addition, since July 2018, the situation has been individually explained to customers related to files that have been accessed illegally," the company said.
The electronics manufacturer says it has taken steps to prevent such incidents in the future and it plans on further strengthening its cyber-security posture through incident response, sensitive information management, and improved early detection and response systems.
NEC is the second multinational electronics company in Japan to disclose a data breach after Mitsubishi Electric announced last week that a network intrusion resulted in both personal and corporate information being stolen.
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