Security News > 2022 > February > Axis Communications shares details on disruptive cyberattack
Axis Communications has published a post mortem about a cyberattack that caused severe disruption in their systems, with some systems still partially offline.
The Swedish manufacturer of network cameras, access control systems, and surveillance network appliances suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, February 20, 2021, forcing it to shut down all systems to limit the impact.
Axis is a subsidiary of Canon that has an annual operating income of over $1.235 billion, accommodating customers' needs in a wide range of industries.
While Axis Communications declares embarrassment from this incident, no software-level flaws were involved in the network breach.
In October 2021, Nozomi Networks published the details of three vulnerabilities affecting Axis OS that impacted the entire product line of the Swedish firm.
Being a cybersecurity-focused company, Axis patched the flaws via a security update released within a week from their discovery.