Panasonic Suffers Data Breach After Hackers Hack Into Its Network

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has disclosed a
security breach wherein an unauthorized third-party broke into its
network and potentially accessed data from one of its file
servers.

“As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined
that some data on a file server had been accessed during the
intrusion,” the company said^[1]
in a short statement published on November 26. Panasonic didn’t
reveal the exact nature of the data that was accessed, but
TechCrunch reported^[2]
that the breach began on June 22 and ended on November 3.

The Osaka-based company said that immediately upon discovering
the intrusion on November 11, it took steps to report the incident
to the relevant authorities and that it implemented security
countermeasures, including preventing external access to the
network.

Panasonic also noted it’s currently working with an independent
“specialist” organization to probe the extent of the leak and
determine if the access resulted in the exposure of customers’
personal information.

We have reached out to the company for further comment and we’ll
update the story if we hear back.