Bridgestone North America hit by limited cyberattack

Earlier this month, a number of Bridgestone Americas tire manufacturing operations were impacted by cyberattacks characterized by the company as limited. On September 2, local news WRDW in Graniteville, South Carolina reported that two area tire production sites were impacted; the following day, Quebec newspaper Mon Joliette reported that a cyberattack had impacted all of Bridgestone’s North American factories.

In statements to the news, Bridgestone emphasized it had contained the incident before intruders could access any customer information. Workers whose jobs were affected were offered the choice to do preventative maintenance for pay or leave for the day, Bridgestone told WRDW.

In a statement provided to Plant Services September 16, a Bridgestone spokesperson said the incident was limited to “several of our manufacturing and retreading facilities” in North and Latin America. The spokesperson added that the sites affected have begun to return to business as usual while the company continues to investigate the intrusion.

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“Following a recent limited cyber incident impacting several of our manufacturing and retreading facilities in North America and Latin America, Bridgestone has now successfully reconnected the impacted facilities to its network. We have also begun ramping up production to return these facilities to pre-incident production levels. With the safety and security of our systems being our top priority, we will continue to monitor for any signs of issues related to this limited cyber incident,” said Emily Weaver, Director of Communications at Bridgestone Americas. “In partnership with external security advisors, the forensic analysis and investigation are ongoing. We also continue to communicate with Federal law enforcement on this situation.”

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