The global scientistic testing told the ASX that “malicious cyber activity” caused some operational disruptions.
Testing solutions provider ALS has confirmed it was recently the victim of a cyber incident in a disclosure to the Australian Stock Exchange.
“ALS Limited (ASX: ALQ) has recently identified malicious cyber activity involving unauthorised third-party access to some of our IT systems,” the company said in a May 5 ASX Release authorised the Chair of ALS’ Board.
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“The incident caused temporary disruption to parts of the Group’s operations.
“Our IT and security teams, supported by external cyber incident response specialists, immediately took and continues to deploy containment action, in line with our incident response procedures.”
ALS said it had restored most of its operations, and is performing “targeted remediation” to bring the remaining operations back online.
The company has also informed the Australian Cyber Security Centre and will continue to work with “clients, relevant government agencies and regulators”.
“The security and privacy of all information entrusted to us is a responsibility we take seriously,” ALS said.
“ALS continues to investigate the incident to understand the full extent and potential impacts to data and is working as quickly as possible to provide certainty for all stakeholders.”
ALS did not disclose the exact nature of the incident, nor whether it was limited to ALS’ Australian operations, nor when the incident occurred.
As of the time of publishing, no threat actor has claimed responsibility for the incident.
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David Hollingworth
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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