Asahi Confirms Cyberattack Exposed Data of 1.5M Customers

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Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings has confirmed new details regarding the ransomware attack that hit late September, in an incident that may have exposed the personal information of more than 1.5 million customers, employees, and business partners.

The company released its full internal investigation results on Nov. 27, describing both how the breach unfolded and the steps being taken to prevent future incidents.

Timeline and scope of the breach

According to Asahi’s internal report, the cyberattack began at around 7:00 a.m. JST on Sep. 29, when systems at one of the company’s data centers were disrupted and encrypted files were discovered on its network.

The company reacted within ...