Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack

Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by ytch on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:05AM (#23926907)

https://www.ithome.com.tw/news/139004

(I'm not sure if it's reliable)

This Taiwanese tech site says because of virus, IT system and production line are down for two days according to insider.

they claim it might be ransomware.

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Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by aksss on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:44PM (#23932050)

My own pure speculation: imagining they shut the service off so no new data comes up and are aiming for an RPO of last night or some time earlier on the 22nd. Two days to do full restoration of services and global user data, meanwhile people trying to convincingly patch vulnerabilities.

Say a prayer for the IT people trying to fix this.

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Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by codethics on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:44AM (#23927280)

It is ransomware.

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Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by mox1 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:57AM (#23927985)

Yep, I have a friend who works there. Not looking good right now.

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Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by petee on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:04PM (#23932242)

Would love to know if they've lost control of their Play Store accounts, i.e, is there any risk of compromised app updates?

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Re:Garmin services and production go down after ransomware a... by NeoFeznet on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:22PM (#23929735)

Holy crap.

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