Hitachi : May 17, 2017Damages Caused by Ransomware, and Status of Recovery
May 18, 2017 at 12:04 am EDT
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Tokyo, May 17, 2017 --- Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the damages to the Hitachi Group caused by the 'Ransomware' virus, and on the status of recovery.
Late at night on May 12 (Friday), a malfunction was detected in a part of Hitachi's in-house system. Early in the morning of May 13 (Saturday), a Countermeasure Team was assembled, to assess the situation and begin studying countermeasures. Failures had arisen in some parts of the in-house system, and from May 15 (Monday) onward, the virus affected functions including the transmission and receipt of e-mail. A Countermeasure Headquarters was formed for the Hitachi Group, and the efforts of Group entities worldwide have been brought to bear in efforts to achieve a recovery, with cooperation from partners and vendor companies as well. As of today's date, recovery is for the most part complete in e-mail systems affected by the virus, and a full recovery is expected before the end of this week.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern caused to customers and other business partners as a result of failures in some areas of in-house systems due to the effects of the Ransomware virus.
No information leaks have been detected in relation to damages caused by the Ransomware virus, and the damages will not extend to customers or other outside parties through e-mail sent from Hitachi Group entities.
Hitachi Ltd. published this content on 17 May 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 18 May 2017 04:03:14 UTC.
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Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).