The Ferrari manufacturer announced on Monday that it had been hit by a ransomware-type computer attack, after receiving a ransom demand that exposed its customers’ data.
Bad news for Ferrari, victim of a ransomware. The Maranello firm indicates that its Italian subsidiary has recently been contacted by cyberattackers who are demanding a ransom to be paid in exchange for data belonging to the brand’s customers. Last October, the prancing horse company had already been affected by a gigantic leak of 7 GB of data.
Many stolen data, but no bank details, assures Ferrari
” We regret to inform you of a cyberattack at Ferrari, where a malicious actor was able to gain access to a limited number of systems in our IT environment “Explains the Italian manufacturer in a message sent in recent hours to its customers.
Personal data belonging to buyers is therefore affected and falls into the hands of hackers. Ferrari explains that in the leak, we find names, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
The manufacturer, which upon receipt of the ransom demand launched an internal investigation in collaboration with a global cybersecurity player (perhaps Bitdefender, a partner of the firm), indicates that no payment or banking data is compromised. . Same thing for ” details of Ferrari cars you own or may have ordered ”, whose information has been preserved.
Ferrari won’t pay the ransom
In addition to the internal investigation, Ferrari immediately informed the competent authorities of this ransomware attack. The manufacturer even indicates which policy it intends to follow. ” Ferrari will not be required to pay a ransom, because payment of such claims funds criminal activity and enables threat actors to perpetuate their attacks “, he warns.
Payment or not, the stolen data will be lost in any case, and nothing will ever prove that the hackers destroyed the information, even if the ransom is honored. ” We thought the best course of action was to inform our customers […] potential data exposure and the nature of the incident “Adds the company, whose operational activities are not disrupted at this stage.
Without Ferrari confirming or denying a possible causal link, the company has already been hacked last October, with internal documents, reservation contracts, repair manuals and technical files stolen.
Source : Ferrari
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