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Casio says hackers stole personal data of 8,500 people during October ransomware attack


The Japanese electronics giant says it did not negotiate with the hackers responsible for the attack.

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that the personal data of almost 8,500 individuals was stolen during an October ransomware attack. Casio was the target of a ransomware attack on October 5, which saw hackers access sensitive data and render many of the company’s systems unusable. The attack was claimed by the Underground ransomware gang, which said it had stolen more than 200 gigabytes of data from Casio’s systems, per a dark web post seen by TechCrunch.

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