IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure provider, confirmed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted by a ransomware attack. The intrusion triggered an outage at a data‑centre cluster that serves the eastern region of Japan.
The attack disrupted services across the cluster, affecting users who rely on IDCF Cloud for a range of applications. While the company did not disclose the full extent of the damage, the outage was significant enough to interrupt operations in the affected area.
IDC Frontier issued a statement acknowledging the incident and noting that the ransomware activity was contained before it could spread to other parts of its infrastructure. The company is working to restore full functionality to the impacted data‑centre cluster.
Details on the response measures and whether any data was compromised remain limited. IDC Frontier has not yet provided a timeline for when normal service levels will resume.
The incident highlights the growing threat of ransomware to critical cloud services in Japan, underscoring the need for robust security protocols across the sector.
<small>Source: Bleeping Computer — read the original story there.</small>
