"Pharmaceutical Giant Eisai Takes Systems Offline Following Ransomware Attack"

Japanese pharmaceutical giant Eisai recently announced that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack that forced it to take certain systems offline.  Headquartered in Tokyo, the company has manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America and has subsidiaries on both American continents, in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Europe.  Last year, the company reported more than $5 billion in revenue.  The company stated that the incident was identified on June 3rd and resulted in the encryption of multiple servers.  Eisai says it immediately implemented its incident response plan, which involved taking systems offline to contain the attack, and launched an investigation.  The company stated that the attack impacted servers both in Japan and overseas, including logistics systems, which are yet to be restored.  The company’s corporate websites and email systems remain operational.  Eisai says it has yet to determine whether any data was compromised or stolen during the attack.

SecurityWeek reports: "Pharmaceutical Giant Eisai Takes Systems Offline Following Ransomware Attack"