United States
USA
Olympus Americas cyberattack delays medical product orders, shipments and repairs
On October 10, 2021, a cyberattack against the Olympus Corporation of the Americas network required suspension of IT systems and interrupted Americas operations. Olympus later told medical customers that the attack caused delays processing and shipping some product orders and longer repair turnaround times, while warehouse and supplier teams worked overtime to address backlogs.
82
Estimated severity
82 / 100
96
Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-10-10
Targeted Company
OLYMPUS AMERICAS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
Canada
CAN
Target country
United States
Affected countries
CanadaUnited States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Backlog or order accumulationOrder fulfillment or delivery disruptionOrder processing disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public HealthManufacturing
Affected departments
Customer ServiceDistribution & FulfillmentInformation TechnologyOrder Management
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
medical.olympusamerica.comhttps://medical.olympusamerica.com/sites/default/files/us/files/pdf/OlympusLetterProvidingUpdatesonMedicalBusinessOperations-November112021.pdfolympus-global.comhttps://www.olympus-global.com/news/2021/nr02223.htmlolympus-global.comhttps://www.olympus-global.com/news/2021/nr02217.htmlolympus-global.comhttps://www.olympus-global.com/news/2021/nr02251.htmlmaine.govhttps://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5e13acce-7247-4742-8a31-da95902dd8a0.shtml