Iconic Italian carmaker Ferrari has
said that it recently came under a ransomware cyberattack, while
at the same time stressing that it had not given in to the
hackers' demands and that its operations had not been affected.
The company said in a statement that the threat regarded "a
ransom demand related to certain client contact details.
"We immediately started an investigation in collaboration with a
leading global third-party cybersecurity firm," it added.
"In addition, we informed the relevant authorities and are
confident they will investigate to the full extent of the law.
"As a policy, Ferrari will not be held to ransom as paying such
demands funds criminal activity and enables threat actors to
perpetuate their attacks.
"Instead, we believed the best course of action was to inform
our clients and thus we have notified our customers of the
potential data exposure and the nature of the incident.
"Ferrari takes the confidentiality of our clients very seriously
and understands the significance of this incident.
"We have worked with third party experts to further reinforce
our systems and are confident in their resilience.
"We can also confirm the breach has had no impact on the
operational functions of our company."
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