Kansai Nerolac impacted by ransomware
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Kansai Nerolac Ltd., one of India's prominent paint manufacturing companies, on Sunday 20th of August reported that they have been impacted by a ransomware attack.
Per the report, the focus of this attack was the company's IT infrastructure. While some systems were affected by the attack, quick action was taken by the company's technical and management teams in collaboration with specialized cybersecurity experts. Kansai Nerolac is working to restore the compromised systems.
The exact impact of this ransomware incident remains undisclosed at this time, and the full extent of potential losses is still being assessed.
Although Kansai Nerolac tried to be as transparent as possible, no clear information is available to establish any lessons learned, including
- what data was breached,
- how the attackers managed to inject ransomware,
- which systems were impacted,
- is there an impact to the manufacturing process.
