Fujitsu has officially confirmed in a blog post that malware has been detected in its systems. Hackers could have stolen personal and customer information.
The confirmation was reportedly made late last week. The Japanese tech giant said a significant cybersecurity breach exposed systems and data, including sensitive client information.
Fujitsu claims that after establishing the malware's existence, it quickly separated the impacted business systems and took action, including surveilling additional company PCs.
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Although the company claims to have not received any reports of customer data being misused, Fujitsu pointed out that the company has reported the event to the Personal Information Protection Commission and is currently creating individual notices for the affected consumers.
Fujitsu is reportedly the sixth-largest provider of IT services in the world. Its portfolio consists of software, hardware for telecommunications, cloud solutions, system integration, IT consulting services, and computing devices, including servers and storage systems.
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Fujitsu Data Breaches
The malware notification follows a hack into several Japanese government agencies' offices in May 2021. Thanks to an exploit of Fujitsu's ProjectWEB information-sharing technology, the hack gave rise to the unlawful access and subsequent theft of 76,000 email addresses and confidential information.
The stolen materials were among the sensitive data from government networks and perhaps air traffic control information from Narita International Airport.
Despite these Fujitsu data breaches, the company has proven to remain a global player in the tech industry, for better and for worse, most notably in the United Kingdom, wherein it reportedly became the epicenter of the "Post Office Scandal."
More than 900 sub-postmasters were falsely convicted due to flaws in Fujitsu's Horizon technology, as they were held accountable for fictitious account deficiencies. For many years, the Japanese company has been in charge of a covert computer system that supports the "strategic command and control of UK armed forces."
Fujitsu's Hold on UK
The UK intelligence source also stated that even though the contract was transferred to a different company over two years ago, Fujitsu was still in charge of it.
The highly sensitive nature of the contract, the IT giant's close links with UK government departments, and the time it takes for new hires to obtain security clearances are said to be the reasons behind Fujitsu's delay in leaving the project.
Fujitsu notified the Cabinet Office earlier this year that it would not submit a proposal for UK government contracts while the public investigation into the Post Office issue was still ongoing.
However, information released by the Treasury Committee in February revealed that since 2019, Fujitsu has been the subject of more than £3.4 billion in contracts with government agencies connected to the Treasury.
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