Japan
JPN
Ransomware halts Kantsu logistics and shipping operations
Kantsu detected ransomware on September 12 after unauthorized access to its servers, shutting internal systems and communications and halting shipping operations. Inventory work had to be performed manually, more than 500 customer companies were affected, and downstream customers reported suspended online-shop fulfillment and shipping delays. A later executive retrospective reported total losses of about US$11.1 million.
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Estimated severity
92 / 100
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Source reliability
98 / 100
Approximate Date
2024-09-12
Targeted Company
KANTSU
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
ATEX (Logistics provider)GAMBA OSAKA (Sub-tier supplier)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Japan
Affected countries
Japan
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$11.1M
Impact types
Downstream customer disruptionERP or business system disruptionInventory or distribution impactOrder fulfillment or delivery disruptionWarehousing disruption
Affected sectors
Logistics & Warehousing
Affected departments
Distribution & FulfillmentInformation TechnologyInventory ManagementOrder ManagementWarehousing
Attack Profile
Attack types
Exploitation of vulnerabilityRansomwareUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
kantsu.comhttps://www.kantsu.com/news/6573/csoonline.comhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/4069236/corporate-executives-exposed-to-cyber-attacks-talk-about-the-pitfalls-of-response-measures.htmlatexdirect.jphttps://atexdirect.jp/pages/info10gamba-osaka.nethttps://www.gamba-osaka.net/english/news/index/no/17268/