US toymaker Mattel suffered a ransomware attack that impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to data theft.
US toymaker Mattel suffered a ransomware attack that impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to data theft.
Mattel is the second-largest toy manufacturing company with 24,000 employees and sells products in more than 150 countries. Some of the products and brands it produces include Barbie, Fisher-Price, Polly Pocket and American Girl.
Mattel reported in a 10-Q form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it suffered a ransomware attack on July 28, 2020, and had a minimal impact on the company.
“On July 28, 2020, Mattel discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its information technology systems that caused data on a number of systems to be encrypted. Promptly upon detection of the attack, Mattel began enacting its response protocols and taking a series of measures to stop the attack and restore impacted systems. Mattel contained the attack and, although some business functions were temporarily impacted, Mattel restored its operations.” reads the 10-Q form.
“A forensic investigation of the incident has concluded, and no exfiltration of any sensitive business data or retail customer, supplier, consumer, or employee data was identified. There has been no material impact to Mattel’s operations or financial condition as a result of the incident.”
After the investigation, Mattel does not believe that any sensitive business data or internal data was stolen during the ransomware attack.
The company did not provide any details on the nature of the attack. According to BleepingComputer, the systems at the toymaker we're infected with the TrickBot malware in July.
TrickBot infections are known to lead to network-wide compromises eventually followed by Ryuk or Conti ransomware actors encrypting devices on the infiltrated network.
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