Famous watchmaker Seiko has confirmed that the cyberattack it suffered in July 2023 was indeed a cybersecurity incident carried out by the infamous BlackCat ransomware gang.
In an incident report published on October 25 (the third one in the series), the company said that its investigation confirmed 60,000 “items of personal data” were stolen from three departments – Group, Watch, and Instruments.
The company first sounded the alarm on August 10, when it said someone accessed at least one of its servers. Two weeks later, the BlackCat ransomware group, also known as ALPHV, claimed responsibility for the attack by adding the Japanese giant to its extortion site and sharing a few samples of the data collected. The samples included production plans, employee passport scans, new model release plans, and specialized lab test results.
