- Mizuno USA presents a new report with Maine’s attorney general
- In the report, he detailed a cyber attack that occurred at the end of 2024
- Cybercriminals were confidential data for months
Mizuno USA has confirmed the suffering of a cyber attack in which he lost confidential data of customers.
The manufacturer of American sports teams presented a new report before the office of the MAINE attorney general in which he shared a data violation notification letter sent to the affected customers.
In the notification, Mizuno USA said he detected suspicious activities in his network on November 6, 2024, which led him to launch an in -depth investigation. “The investigation determined that certain systems within the network were accessed by an unknown individual and the files were copied without authorization periodically between August 21, 2024 and October 29, 2024,” says the non -compliance notification.
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Although he did not say exactly how many people were affected by the attack, Mizuno shared the type of stolen information: people names, social security numbers, financial accounts information, driver’s license information and passport numbers.
In response, Mizuno USA will offer a year of free credit robbery and identity monitoring services to impacted persons, and urged them to closely monitor their financial accounts for fraud signs.
The company did not say who were the evildoers, but Bleepingcomputer Determined that Bianlian’s threat actor assumed responsibility for the attack in November 2024.
“The Bianlian Ransomware group claims to have violated the Mizuno branch of the USA.”, Said an XX of Hackmanac at that time. “Supposedly, exfiltrated data include financial data, human resources records, contracts and confidential agreements, information and suppliers information, customer and customer data, drawings, commercial secrets and patents, as well as mailboxes and correspondence of internal and external email “
Mizuno USA is the American subsidiary of Mizuno Corporation, a Japanese company of sports and clothing teams. It specializes in high performance teams for sports such as baseball, golf, race, volleyball and softball. Last year, Mizuno Corporation reported global income of approximately $ 1.5 billion, with Mizuno uses contributing approximately $ 224 million.
Through Bleepingcomputer
