Cyber Attack Shuts Down Hoya Corp's Thailand Plant for Three Days

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Cyber Attack Shuts Down Hoya Corp's Thailand Plant for Three Days
April 8, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...own-hoya-corps-thailand-plant-for-three-days/

Japanese optical products manufacturer HOYA Corporation was hit by a cyber attack at the end of February which led to a partial shutdown of its production lines from Thailand for three days.

The company disclosed that around 100 computers were infected with a malware strain designed to steal user credentials from the machines it compromises and to drop a cryptocurrency miner during the infection process' second stage.

As reported by multiple local sources (The Japan Times, Kyodo News, SankeiBiz), HOYA Corp. was able to block the attackers' cryptojacking attempt after the credential-stealing malware put an abnormal load on a network server which led to the quick discovery of the attack.
The IT computing system of the Thailand plant was not the only victim given that the computers at the Japanese headquarters were also impacted, making it harder to issue invoices during the incident.
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