Casio confirms its suffering from a cyberattack forcing internal shutdowns

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It was only a year ago that Casio was forced to repel cyberattackers that were probing its digital infrastructure, but now according to the company it has detected a breach.

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The company took to its Japanese website to officially announce that it had detected a security breach after conducting an internal investigation. The breach was detected on October 5, 2024, and the investigation found that the unauthorized access had caused a system failure, "resulting in the inability to provide some services." Casio has already reported the breach to authorities and brought in a third-party security firm to investigate the breach and determine if customer data was stolen.

Judging by the hiring of a third-party security firm to look for any stolen files, it appears the breach may have been a ransomware attack. However, Casio hasn't confirmed that any data was stolen. Additionally, no ransomware groups have claimed responsibility for the hack.

"After conducting an internal investigation, it was determined that the unauthorized access had caused a system failure, resulting in the inability to provide some services," a rough translation of the announcement reads

A year ago, when Casio faced another breach, the company confirmed hackers were able to gain to its servers and made off with personal information of people outside of Japan.

"As the company continued to analyze the situation, it was additionally confirmed that, on the evening of Thursday, October 12, the personal information of some residents of countries other than Japan was accessed," explained the company at the time