Yamaha Motor PH server hacked

One of the servers managed by Yamaha Motor Philippines (YMPH) was hacked, the global motorcycle marque said.

In a statement, Yamaha Motor Company shared that one of the servers managed by its manufacturing and sales subsidiary in the country was accessed “without authorization by a third party and hit by a ransomware attack.” The incident, Yamaha noted, happened last October 25.

YMPH reported the incident to the local authorities after two days.

Yamaha also said that on November 16, the company identified that there was a partial leakage involving employees' personal information.

After learning of the attack, the headquarters in Japan and its local arm placed a countermeasures team to prevent further damage while investigating the scope of the impacts. They are also working on a recovery together with an external internet security company.

Yamaha said that the full extent of the damage has yet to be confirmed.

Further, the firm said that YMPH servers and systems that were not compromised by the attack have been restored.

“The attack was limited to one of the servers managed by YMPH and we have confirmed that it has not affected the headquarters or any other companies in the Yamaha Motor group,” Yamaha said in a press release.

“However, we will continue to closely monitor the situation while continuing our work to fully restore the systems at YMPH damaged by the attack as quickly as possible,” it added.

Yamaha Motor apologized for the inconvenience and worry that the incident may have caused.

Photos from Yamaha

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