Security News

A recent cyberattack on Hoya Corporation was conducted by the 'Hunters International' ransomware operation, which demanded a $10 million ransom for a file decryptor and not to release files stolen during the attack. As first reported by LeMagIT, Hunters International demanded a $10 million ransom not to release an alleged 1.7 million stolen files, amounting to 2 TB of data.

Hoya Corporation, one of the largest global manufacturers of optical products, says a "System failure" caused servers at some of its production plants and business divisions to go offline on Saturday."The day before yesterday, we learned that the Group's head quarter and several of its business divisions have experienced an IT system incident," Hoya said in a statement published on Monday.