Garmin Begins Recovery From Ransomware Attack

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The American GPS and fitness-tracker company Garmin is dealing with the aftermath of a ransomware attack, the BBC has confirmed. Owners of its products had been unable to use its services since Thursday. However, some of its online tools are now being provided in a "limited" state, according to its online dashboard. Garmin has said it was "the victim of a cyber-attack that encrypted some of our systems." But the statement it released avoided any reference to a ransom demand.

"Many of our online services were interrupted including website functions, customer support, customer-facing applications, and company communications," it said. "We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, lost or stolen." The firm added that it expected all its systems to return to normal operation within a few days, but warned that there might be a "backlog" of user data to process. It is not known if the firm paid the blackmailers, but a source told the BBC it was in the "final stage of recovery." Some customers have already reported that Garmin's services appear to be "partially" working again.

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