Garmin Hacked. Looking for update.

[Island Overlander]

I read last week that Garmin was hacked and they were locked out of some of their stuff until they paid a ransom.

Can anyone give me an update?

 

[Bama_Kiwi]

Garmin begins recovery from ransomware attack

The fitness-tracking gadget-maker has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber-attack.

www.bbc.com

 

[ersmith]

Just an FYI, this style of attack doesn't give anyone access to the data (it is different from the data breaches which expose passwords, credit card info, etc.). It is more likely to cause data loss then anything else (and gives you a good idea of what a companies backup strategy looks like).

 

[JPM78130]

Just an FYI, this style of attack doesn't give anyone access to the data (it is different from the data breaches which expose passwords, credit card info, etc.). It is more likely to cause data loss then anything else (and gives you a good idea of what a companies backup strategy looks like).

Not necessarily true. There's no way to tell how extensively they were compromised without some sort of forensics.

 

[RoarinRow]

Interesting article. Not sure if there is any truth to it. I have Garmin products so am concerned to some degree - Garmin reportedly paid millions to resolve its recent ransomware attack

 

[ersmith]

Not necessarily true. There's no way to tell how extensively they were compromised without some sort of forensics.

While technically true, the type of attacks where data is encrypted do not require an attacker to be able to directly access data and usually involve tricking someone into dowloading/using a compromised piece of code which encrypts the data. This does not give the attacker access to the data. Attackers who steal data usually want to avoid detection as when they are detected they loose access, people are notified and credit card numbers/usernames and passwords start to be changed.

As a garmin user myself, my main concern at this point is that some of my data may be permenantely missing.

 

[wigsajumper]

While technically true, the type of attacks where data is encrypted do not require an attacker to be able to directly access data and usually involve tricking someone into dowloading/using a compromised piece of code which encrypts the data. This does not give the attacker access to the data. Attackers who steal data usually want to avoid detection as when they are detected they loose access, people are notified and credit card numbers/usernames and passwords start to be changed.

As a garmin user myself, my main concern at this point is that some of my data may be permenantely missing.

While this is true that encryption ransomeware doesn't always mean data was compromised/stolen it can cover that theft up. In fact because they are going to be needing to do so some sort of backup restoration after everything is decrypted it will make it even harder to see if any data had been transfered.

 

[JPM78130]

While this is true that encryption ransomeware doesn't always mean data was compromised/stolen it can cover that theft up. In fact because they are going to be needing to do so some sort of backup restoration after everything is decrypted it will make it even harder to see if any data had been transfered.

That's exactly what I was thinking, arson after the burglary. You must assume that everything was compromised.

 

[64Trvlr]

While I have and use several Garmins it makes me appreciate my old school note books, maps and compass even more.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

Damn those thieves. Now they know all your strava routes.