
Global engineering giant Smiths Group has reported a significant cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to its systems. The London-based multinational, which serves energy, safety, security, aerospace, and defense markets with annual revenue of £3,132 million, employs over 15,000 people across 50 countries.
In an official filing with the London Stock Exchange, the company announced immediate response measures, including system isolation and activation of business continuity protocols. Smiths Group has engaged cybersecurity experts to assess the breach’s scope and restore affected systems.
While specific details about the timing and potential data theft remain undisclosed, the company has committed to maintaining regulatory compliance and promised future updates as the investigation progresses.
This incident joins a series of recent high-profile cybersecurity breaches affecting major organizations:
– Conduent’s service outage due to a cyber incident
– HPE’s investigation of alleged document theft
– Nominet’s network breach via Ivanti VPN vulnerability
– UN aviation agency’s recruitment database compromise
– Krispy Kreme’s data theft by Play ransomware group
– TalkTalk’s data breach investigation
The company continues to work with security experts to determine the full impact of the breach and implement necessary recovery measures.