US subsidiaries of Japanese water treatment company, green tea maker hit with ransomware

Attribute	Details
Threat Actors	Ransomware gangs
Campaign Overview	Ransomware incidents affecting multiple Japanese companies’ U.S. subsidiaries, data theft, and server encryption.
Target Regions	U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese companies, mainly in Minnesota and Texas.
Methodology	Server encryption, data theft, isolation of affected servers, use of ransomware attacks.
Product Targeted	Company servers, customer and business partner data, file storage systems.
Malware Reference	Ransomware attacks, unspecified ransomware gangs targeting company infrastructure.
Tools Used	Not explicitly mentioned; encryption tools, backup restoration.
Vulnerabilities Exploited	Server misconfigurations, network access flaws, data exposure.
TTPs	Data encryption, server isolation, backup recovery, stealing company and employee data.
Attribution	Unspecified ransomware gangs; companies targeted include Kurita Water Industries and Ito En North America.
Recommendations	Continuous monitoring, server isolation practices, effective backup strategies, restoring data from backups.
Source	The Record

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