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ENGLAND
Leicester City Council was hit by a ‘ cyberincident ’ that led it to shut down its phone lines and IT systems .
Richard Sword , Strategic Director of City Development and Neighbourhood Services , said shortly after the incident : “ We are making good progress with the recovery of our systems and are now in the process of switching them back online , with housing , adult and children ’ s social care , and revenues and benefits being prioritised for this week .
“ A good majority of staff are also back on the network . We still have work to do to get all of our phone lines fully up and running .
“ We ’ d like to thank people for their patience as this carefully controlled process continues .”
The council said it still could not say if there had been a data breach , and that as criminal investigations were on-going , it was not able to comment on the nature of the incident .
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JAPAN
Fujitsu has confirmed it has been hit by a cyberattack . A statement from the company confirmed the presence of malware on several of its computers .
“ As a result of an internal investigation , it was discovered that files containing personal information and customer information could be illegally taken out ,” the statement read .
“ After confirming the presence of malware , we immediately disconnected the affected business computers and took measures such as strengthening monitoring of other business computers . Additionally , we are currently continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the malware ’ s intrusion and whether information has been leaked .
“ In addition to reporting individually to the targeted individuals and customers , we have also reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission in anticipation of the possibility that personal information may have been leaked . To date , we have not received any reports that personal information or information about our customers has been misused .
“ We deeply apologise for the great concern and inconvenience caused to everyone involved .”
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