Pharmaceutical giant Cencora reports cyberattack

pppLeadershipppCybercrimeppNationstateppElectionsppTechnologyppCyber DailyppClick Here Podcastpp Free NewsletterppGlobal pharmaceutical corporation Cencora reported on Tuesday that it recently discovered that intruders had stolen data from its networksppThe Fortune 500 company said in a regulatory filing that data from IT systems had been exfiltrated in an incident that came to light on February 21ppUpon initial detection of the unauthorized activity the Company immediately took containment steps and commenced an investigation with the assistance of law enforcement cybersecurity experts and external counsel Cencora said in an 8K filing with the Securities and Exchange CommissionppThe event has not had a material impact on the Companys operations Cencora saidppFormerly known as AmerisourceBergen the Pennsylvaniabased corporation has 46000 employees and reported revenue of 2622 billion for fiscal 2023ppThe regulatory filing did not specify the nature of the intrusionppSeveral pharmaceutical companies have been hit by cybercriminals in recent months an attack announced by Change Healthcare last week has resulted in disruptions for pharmacies nationwideppLast year Japanese pharmaceutical giant Eisai said some of its servers were encrypted by a ransomware group and Indias Sun Pharmaceuticals stole company data and personal informationppJoe Warminskyppis the news editor for Recorded Future News He has more than 25 years experience as an editor and writer in the Washington DC area Most recently he helped lead CyberScoop for more than five years Prior to that he was a digital editor at WAMU 885 the NPR affiliate in Washington and he spent more than a decade editing coverage of Congress for CQ Roll CallppPrivacyppAboutppContact Uspp Copyright 2024 The Record from Recorded Future Newsp