The well-known manufacturer of luxury cars and Formula 1, Ferrari, has suffered a cyberattack this week in which approximately 7 GB of private internal company information has been stolen, luckily it has not affected its production chain, but still, We do not know if the data affect customers or the F1 team.
We have said it many times, and cases like this are the daily bread; anyone can be the victim of a cyber attack; whether you are one of the largest car manufacturers in the world or the tractor manufacturer of your town, cyber attackers do not make exceptions.
And the worst thing about this cyberattack is that Ferrari was not being careless;, on September 28, the company announced an agreement with Bitdefender, a company specialized in cybersecurity. However, the systems and services were not yet activated, something that was taken advantage of by a group of cybercriminals who infiltrated their databases and stole their private information.
Indeed, we do not know to what degree they have infiltrated and what sector within Ferrari they have attacked. Still, we know that they have stolen approximately 7 GB of information and that this will not affect the commercial production chain.
Will it have consequences for the Formula 1 team?
What is still up in the air is precisely what internal information has been stolen and whether it is data that affects customers or information theft from the Formula 1 team. However, it is possible that the attackers wanted to get hold of the NFTs that Ferrari had presented with Velas earlier this year, which had already been attacked.
It is not the first time Ferrari has suffered an attack of this type since, at the end of last year, confidential information from the sports car manufacturer was leaked. However, the attack was made on Speroni, a company that supplied parts to the company. At the moment, the authorship of this latest hack is unknown, and we will have to wait to see the degree of the consequences it will have.
And the worst thing about this cyberattack is that Ferrari was not being careless;, on September 28, the company announced an agreement with Bitdefender, a company specialized in cybersecurity. However, the systems and services were not yet activated, something that was taken advantage of by a group of cybercriminals who infiltrated their databases and stole their private information.
We have said it many times, and cases like this are the daily bread; anyone can be the victim of a cyber attack; whether you are one of the largest car manufacturers in the world or the tractor manufacturer of your town, cyber attackers do not make exceptions.
We have said it many times, and cases like this are the daily bread; anyone can be the victim of a cyber attack; whether you are one of the largest car manufacturers in the world or the tractor manufacturer of your town, cyber attackers do not make exceptions.
We have said it many times, and cases like this are the daily bread; anyone can be the victim of a cyber attack. Whether you are one of the world’s largest car manufacturers or your town’s tractor manufacturer, cyber attackers do not make exceptions.
