Tokyo, Jan 11 (FN Bureau) Panasonic has confirmed hackers accessed personal information belonging to job candidates and interns during a cyberattack in November last year. “Some personal information, relating to candidates who applied for employment at the company or participated in internships at certain divisions of the company, did reside on the targeted server. Impacted persons are being informed,” a statement issued by the company read. Panasonic Corporation on November 26 had announced that one of its file servers in Japan had been illegally accessed by a third party.
The Japanese tech giant had engaged an external security advisor to help analyze and respond to the situation. It has now shared an update on the investigative findings and its response. “…It was confirmed that a third party illegally accessed the file server in Japan via the server of an overseas subsidiary. There was no evidence of unauthorized access to business systems other than the file server in question.” “Although to date the investigation has not found any evidence that any illegally accessed files have been leaked, the company has been taking measures based on the potential for such leakage,” the statement read. After the attack, Panasonic Corporation immediately implemented additional security countermeasures, including strengthening access controls from overseas locations, resetting relevant passwords, and strengthening server access monitoring.