Garmin is yet to acknowledge the cyber attack on its infrastructure.
The services of wearable gadgets and smart fitness devices maker Garmin Ltd got disrupted after the company presumably became a victim of a ransomware attack. The attack led to the suspension of its manufacturing operations and affected its website, and mobile application Garmin Connect to go offline.
Garmin is well-known for producing devices like Forerunner smartwatches that help the user track running performance.
Garmin took to Twitter to post about the incident, revealing that apart from the website and the mobile app, its call centers were affected.
We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin Connect, and as a result, the Garmin Connect website and mobile app are down at this time. (1/2)
— Garmin (@Garmin) July 23, 2020
It is worth noting that the company couldn’t receive calls or offer other online services such as live chat or email. All of Garmin’s facilities, including its aviation devices’ navigation service called flyGarmin, remained disconnected for over 20 hours.
On the other hand, Garmin didn’t confirm that it has become a victim of a ransomware attack. However, many employees of the company tweeted that the attacker used the WastedLocker strain of ransomware targeting the internal network of the company and forcefully shut down a majority of its vital services.
Moreover, iThome reported that Garmin’s IT staff w ..
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