Crown Equipment Provides Update On June 2024 Cyberattack

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (August 9, 2024) – Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, today provided an update regarding a June 2024 cyberattack that required it to temporarily suspend operations. As previously reported, the company initiated its incident response plan to investigate the disruption and engaged law enforcement and regulatory agencies, as well as cybersecurity experts.

As part of its investigation into the incident, Crown identified that an unauthorized third party gained access to certain Crown records, such as accident and injury reports, and employee participation in the company’s benefits and retirement programs. These records contained sensitive personal data on the company’s employees, and in limited cases, their family members. However, federal law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity experts initiated targeted operations to protect Crown, its employees and its data. Because of these initiatives, Crown has a high degree of confidence that any Crown data or personal data associated with this incident will not, and cannot, be used for malicious purposes.

Crown has already provided notification of this incident to its current employees. If you believe that you were impacted by this incident, please access the following website for more information on the incident and the resources that may be available to you, including credit monitoring services: https://www.crown.com/securityincident.

About Crown Equipment Corporation

Crown is one of the world’s largest material handling companies with a reputation for award-winning product design, advanced engineering and technology, and superior after-sale service. Crown’s business philosophy utilizes vertically integrated processes to design, manufacture and distribute forward-thinking, innovative solutions that improve customers’ productivity and operating efficiency. Crown produces a broad range of forklifts, batteries and chargers, as well as automation solutions and fleet management technologies, and warehouse solutions products and design services.

The company’s global headquarters is located in New Bremen, Ohio, USA, with regional headquarters in Australia, China, Germany, and Singapore. Its employees number more than 19,600 worldwide. Crown operates a service and distribution network that exceeds 500 retail locations in over 80 countries. To learn more about Crown’s ideas for helping customers advance the productivity of their operations, visit crown.com.