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British engineering company IMI has disclosed a cybersecurity incident just days after rival firm Smiths reported it was targeted by hackers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n IMI, a Birmingham-based firm that designs and manufactures products for industrial automation, transport, and climate control, said in a filing with the London Stock Exchange<\/a> on Thursday that it is \u201ccurrently responding to a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to the company\u2019s systems.\u201d<\/p>\n London-listed IMI said the company has \u201cengaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate and contain the incident\u201d and said it is taking \u201cnecessary steps to comply with our regulatory obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked by TechCrunch, IMI declined to comment on the nature of the incident and hasn\u2019t said whether any company data was exfiltrated. The U.K.\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n U.K.-based engineering giant Smiths Group said last week that it was working to \u201crecover\u201d affected systems following unauthorized access to its network.<\/p>\n Neither company provided timelines for their recoveries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n