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Instead, the threat actor just stole as many files as they could, and bolted.

In early June 2024, one of its subsidiaries - Nidec Precision - suffered a cyberattack.

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This company is based in Vietnam.

Roughly two weeks after the incident, a ransomware threat actor named 8BASE claimed responsibility for the attack.

A month later, another threat actor, called Everest, leaked the stolen data.

Ultimately, no malicious actors managed to convince Nidec to pay up.

ViaBleepingComputer

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