Merrill, Wisconsin

Merrill Steel Alerts Employees of Security Incident

Retrieved on: 
Friday, January 22, 2021

SCHOFIELD, Wis., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --On November 22,2020, Merrill Steel detected unauthorized activity on certain of its computer networks.

Key Points: 
  • SCHOFIELD, Wis., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --On November 22,2020, Merrill Steel detected unauthorized activity on certain of its computer networks.
  • Merrill immediately engaged IT and cyber security experts to investigate the incident, determine its scope and assist in obtaining the tools necessary to decrypt the affected files while also restoring our systems.
  • To assist them in doing so, Merrill Steel procured, for all affected employees, spouses and/or dependents, credit monitoring and other identity protection services.
  • Since the time of the event, the talented employees of Merrill Steel have been working hard to recreate and restore the impacted systems and to further strengthen security systems to protect against a similar event occurring in the future.