Security News > 2020 > November > Canon Says Data Stolen in August 2020 Ransomware Attack
Canon, ransomware, Maze, data stolenImaging and optical giant Canon this week revealed that data was stolen in a ransomware attack it fell victim to in early August 2020.
The incident, discovered on August 4, resulted in threat actors having access to Canon's network between July 20 and August 6.
The ransomware family used in this attack was likely Maze, revealed a leaked ransom note that BleepingComputer got hold of in August.
The attack targeting Canon was disclosed to employees within days, a screenshot of an internal message showed.
At the time, Canon said that, while some files stored in the affected long-term storage were lost, no data leak occurred.
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