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Garmin Coming Back Online After Hack — $10M Crypto Ransom Paid?
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Garmin ‘returning to operation’ Garmin was the “victim of a cyberattack,” but makes no references to any ransom.
The technology firm’s most recent tweet on July 27 stated that “many of the systems and services affected by the recent outage, including Garmin Connect, are returning to operation.” An update on the company’s website states Garmin was the “victim of a cyber attack,” but makes no references to any ransom.
Because Evil Corp was officially sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2019, Garmin could face sanctions for admitting it sent any funds to the group. Emisoft threat analyst Brett Callow previously told Cointelegraph that such a payment would “create a legal minefield.”
“Payment may be the only way for a company to avoid a catastrophic loss of data,” said Callow. “But it may be illegal for the company to make that payment.”
This is so simple that we know this from the very first ransom attack in 2007. But the IT Managers keep on sleeping and companies won't pay for additional security. Setting up the system as described is very cheap. Read full article here.
This is so simple that we know this from the very first ransom attack in 2007. But the IT Managers keep on sleeping and companies won't pay for additional security. Setting up the system as described is very cheap. Read the full article
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