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Hacker attack on Ferrari, all the details

Hacker attack on Ferrari, all the details

Hacker group claims an alleged cyber attack on the Maranello team and publishes internal documents online. But Ferrari denies the violation of the systems

Internal documents of the Maranello car manufacturer online, but no evidence of a cyber attack.

"There is" no evidence of a breach of their systems or ransomware "and" there has been no disruption to their business and operations. " Ferrari specifies that in a statement he says he is "aware of the fact that some media have reported the possible loss of information by Ferrari and the presence of some documents online".

The alleged hacker attack on the company led by Benedetto Vigna, promptly denied, has been claimed by RansomEXX. This was revealed yesterday by the Red Hot Cyber ​​website, according to which cybergang would have released 7GB of data stolen from Ferrari online. The hacker attack, again according to the website specialized in computer security, cybercrime and hack news, would have occurred through ransomware.

The Prancing Horse House , the note continues, "is working to identify the source of the event and will implement all the necessary actions"

All the details.

THE HACKER ATTACK ON FERRARI

Cyber ​​attack for the Maranello team. Red Hot Cyber ​​was the first to report the news on October 3, claiming that Ferrari was the victim of a cyber attack and that seven gigabytes of documents, including internal documents, technical data sheets and repair manuals, had been made public.

INTERNAL EXFILTRATED DOCUMENTS

"From what cybergang reports in its post, internal documents, datasheets, repair manuals and more have been stolen," writes the newspaper.

NOT THE FIRST TIME

And as Corriere della Sera recalls “It is not the first time that Ferrari documents have been stolen by hackers. Previously, cybergang Everest hit Speroni spa, a company that supplies components for sports cars, even publishing and selling data and projects from Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati ”.

THE NOTE OF THE SCUDERIA DI MARANELLO

However, despite the online publication of the documents, the Ferrari team denied the news that it was the victim of a hacker attack resulting in the spread of sensitive data on the network.

"Ferrari is aware that some media have indicated that there has been a disclosure of information owned by Ferrari itself and that some documents are available online – the statement reads – Ferrari has no evidence of a violation of its systems. or ransomware and informs that there have been no interruptions to operational activities. The company is working to identify the origin of the event and will implement all the necessary initiatives ”.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/cybersecurity/attacco-hacker-a-ferrari-tutti-i-dettagli/ on Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:37:22 +0000.