The UK-based automaker has been forced to stop vehicle production as a result of the attack—costing JLR tens of millions of dollars and forcing its parts suppliers to lay off workers.
Terribly curious to hear the details. “Some hackers did something with some data and crippled a large car company” is about all I got out of that article.
I got $1 says they gained access by whaling one of the execs.
Given the duration of the outage, I guess the company has both a complex computer system that’s all networked, and doesn’t have a solid disaster recovery plan.
Terribly curious to hear the details. “Some hackers did something with some data and crippled a large car company” is about all I got out of that article.
I got $1 says they gained access by whaling one of the execs.
Given the duration of the outage, I guess the company has both a complex computer system that’s all networked, and doesn’t have a solid disaster recovery plan.