Security News > 2021 > September > BlackMatter ransomware hits medical technology giant Olympus
Olympus, a leading medical technology company, is investigating a "Potential cybersecurity incident" that impacted some of its EMEA IT systems last week.
Olympus has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and over 100 years of history developing for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries.
Christian Pott, company spokesperson responsible for Olympus corporate matters, also told BleepingComputer that customer security and service were not affected by the incident.
"The support, service and security of our customer has the highest priority and is not effected by this case," an Olympus spokesperson told BleepingComputer when contacted via email.
While Olympus did not share any details on the attackers' identity, ransom notes left on systems impacted during the breach point to a BlackMatter ransomware attack, as first reported by TechCrunch.
BlackMatter is a relatively new ransomware operation that surfaced at the end of July 2021 and was initially believed to be a rebrand of DarkSide ransomware.