Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Shionogi & Co.
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Undetermined
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Data Attack,Exploitation of End Host
Motive: Financial
Actor: REvil
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. said Thursday that its Taiwanese subsidiary was hit by a cyberattack earlier this month leading to a data breach. The attack was announced by the REvil ransomware group.