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Garmin Services Returning after Alleged Cyber-Attack

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 28 2020, @12:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-back-into-shape dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Garmin Begins Recovery From Ransomware Attack - BBC News:

The American GPS and fitness-tracker company Garmin is dealing with the aftermath of a ransomware attack, the BBC has confirmed.

Owners of its products had been unable to use its services since Thursday.

However, some of its online tools are now being provided in a "limited" state, according to its online dashboard.

Garmin has said it was "the victim of a cyber-attack that encrypted some of our systems".

[...] "Many of our online services were interrupted including website functions, customer support, customer-facing applications, and company communications," it said.

"We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, lost or stolen."

The firm added that it expected all its systems to return to normal operation within a few days, but warned that there might be a "backlog" of user data to process.

[...] Pilots who use flyGarmin were unable to download up-to-date aviation databases, which aviation regulators such as the FAA require pilots to have, before they can fly.

Customers were also unable to log into Garmin Connect to record and analyse their health and fitness data.

Previously:
(2020-07-27) Garmin Hit by Massive Outage After Possible Ransomware Attack

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @05:15PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @05:15PM (#1027686)

    Windows-using, slaveware peddlers. Now you are the slave. See how that works?

    "We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, lost or stolen."

    You didn't have any indication that you are completely negligent in your whole IT operation either, so forgive me if people are not reassured. Of course i don't own any of your disrespectful slaveware so it doesn't affect me.

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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Tuesday July 28 2020, @06:23PM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 28 2020, @06:23PM (#1027721)

    You have no indication?

    Last week, a long-buried UK report found the Government had no evidence of Russian interference in recent elections, because they never looked to find out...

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 28 2020, @07:43PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 28 2020, @07:43PM (#1027745) Journal

    We had no indication that using anything from Microsoft is a bad idea.

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