Ferrari NV said it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed information on the Italian sports car maker\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertain data relating to our clients was exposed, including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers,\u201d chief executive officer Benedetto Vigna said Monday in a message to clients that was seen by Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n
No payment details, bank account numbers or details of Ferrari cars owned or ordered were stolen, and the breach has had no impact on the operations of the carmaker, Vigna added.<\/p>\n
In a ransomware attack, a victim\u2019s computer files are encrypted by parties who demand payment to unlock them. Ransomware perpetrators can also steal files first and threaten to release them unless they receive payment.<\/p>\n
The Italian auto manufacturer has begun an investigation in collaboration with a leading global cybersecurity firm, according to a separate statement. Ferrari said it won\u2019t meet ransomware demands.<\/p>\n
Certain client data was exposed in the attack, including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341034,"featured_media":484623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[78574,44160,32800,199,461,72580],"class_list":["post-484619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-car-manufacturers","tag-cyberattack","tag-ferrari","tag-hackers","tag-hacking","tag-ransomware-attack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}