Bridgestone IT incident an “untargeted ransomware attack”

Following an investigation performed by Bridgestone Americas and third-party security advisors, Bridgestone Corporation understands that the “IT security incident” that Bridgestone Americas experienced on 27 February was the result of an “untargeted ransomware attack.”

The company reports that Bridgestone Americas immediately disconnected the affected systems from its network upon detecting the attack, only reconnecting the systems and recommencing operations once confident it had contained the threat. Bridgestone Americas notified and remains in communication with US law enforcement.