Wilson, N.C. — A Wilson Bridgestone Americas plant sent employees home Sunday in light of a company-wide cyberattack.
Bridgestone Americas representatives said the company disconnected many of its manufacturing and retreading facilities in Latin America and North America from its network to prevent further impact after ‘an information security incident.’
The international corporation provided a statement to media:
Bridgestone Americas is currently investigating an information security incident. Since learning of the incident in the early morning hours of February 27, we have launched a comprehensive investigation to quickly gather facts while working to ensure the security of our IT systems. Out of an abundance of caution, we disconnected many of our manufacturing and retreading facilities in Latin America and North America from our network to contain and prevent any impact.
We are continuing to make progress on the investigation towards determining the scope and nature of the incident, and we will continue to work diligently to address any issues that may affect our operations, our data, our teammates, and our customers.
The company is investigating the attack. The Wilson plant is located off Highway 301.