Kintetsu World Express (KWE) has been hit by a ransomware cyber-attack which has hobbled its systems for the best part of a week.\nThe Japanese airfreight forwarder announced an IT outage last week which it said was affecting some customers, but yesterday KWE confirmed: “The cause of the failure is unauthorised access to our system by a third party through ransomware.”\nThe firm warned part of its operation was still affected, but it had set up ...

News Kintetsu World Express hit by ransomware attack

Kintetsu World Express, a Japanese airfreight forwarder, confirmed a ransomware attack that has disrupted its systems for over a week. The attack, attributed to unauthorized third-party access, has caused operational hiccups, though the company has initiated recovery efforts.