Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-06-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: YKK
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: LockBit 3.0
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Japanese zipper giant YKK confirms that its U.S. operations were targeted by hackers in recent weeks but said it was able to contain the threat before damage was caused. However the LockBit ransomware gang posts the company name on its leak site, threatening to leak the stolen data.