Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships.
The company declared that it was subject to unauthorized access from outside the company. As a result of a thorough investigation, the company have discovered that some information from overseas offices might have been leaked to external parties.
“On June 11, 2020, an internal system audit revealed a connection to a server in Japan from an overseas office (Thailand) that should not have occurred. Within the same day, communication between the overseas office and our Japan office was fully terminated considering as a case of unauthorized access.” reads the statement published by the company.
Kawasaki discovered this incident during an internal audit, their IT staff observed “a connection to a server in Japan from an overseas office (Thailand) that should not have…
