Security News > 2020 > August > Canon not firing on all cylinders: Fledgling cloud loses people's pics'n'vids, then 'Maze ransomware' hits
2020-08-06 02:18
Canon pulled the plug on service, and restored it days later, on Tuesday, August 4 when the data-gobbling glitch was fixed, we're told.
According to Bleeping Computer, Canon was hit by a Maze ransomware infection.
The Maze team reportedly boasted it broke into Canon's systems, exfiltrated 10TB of databases and other files, and was holding the encrypted information to ransom.
Canon has not appeared on the Maze gang's website, where the crew usually lists its victims, such as Xerox, though.
"We are currently investigating the situation. Thank you," a spokesperson for Canon told The Register regarding the ransomware infection report.
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