I was expecting a #teamwahoo post.
Garmin has been hacked
- Thread starter iman29
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saving it for april 1, 2021
The rumor is that the hackers are Russian and US companies are not allowed to pay these Russians because of sanctions (WTF). So they allegedly went through a 3rd party and indirectly paid the ransom. I’ll see if I can find the link where I saw this just to prove I’m not making this shit up.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Isn’t Garmin a German Company?
The Google tells me:
Founded: October 1989, Lenexa, KS
(Edit)
Wikipedia tells me:
Since 2010, the company is incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Interesting. There’s a joke in there somewhere.... something about routing the ransom money to a Swiss bank account......
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Here’s the link I was referring to. Maybe it’s BS.
news.sky.com
Garmin obtains decryption key after ransomware attack
The company's services have started to recover following a ransomware attack by cyber criminals sanctioned in the US.
news.sky.com
jackx
Well-Known Member
Too bad there is doesn't seem possible to read that Garmin story without accepting the "Privacy and cookie notice" which could be Sky ransomware.Here’s the link I was referring to. Maybe it’s BS.
Garmin obtains decryption key after ransomware attack
The company's services have started to recover following a ransomware attack by cyber criminals sanctioned in the US.
serviceguy
Well-Known Member
As anybody else wondered why this thread is in the ‘blog’ section of the forum? It’s seriously messing with my OCD.
Garmin services back online after 'playboy Russian hacked systems'
Garmin services began to slowly return Monday morning after the company was hacked and allegedly held to ransom by Russian group Evil Corps.
Here you go. No idea about the credibility of this site either. If you do some googling, the story is out there in other places as well
Karate Monkey
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Sections are meaningless. Cool people browse by 'new'.
serviceguy
Well-Known Member
I don’t know anybody called ‘People’ nor I care to know him/her. As a matter of fact I never liked People...also, being correctly categorized would not prevent it from showing in the new posts window.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
I only launch Garmin connect about once a week, maybe every other week just to upload the activity from the fenix watch... sleep, RHR, Steps...that kinda thing. Yesterday.... I got the “maintenance” Banner at the top.... whatever. The interesting thing was that I happen to go for a short Mixed surfaces ride so I used my 830. I stopped it when I got home but didn’t turn it off right away....and the ride Automatically uploaded to Strava w/out issues (Via WiFi).
iman29
Well-Known Member
Yeah i think the "maintenance notice" is just something they stuck into the Phone app during the outage period because the last few days its been working to sync up properly for me as well as others despite the message.
My devices are BT only so I have to sync to the phone in order to get into GC and then into Strava. That being said i still have the laptop with the data wire connected on standby in case someone hacks them again and asks for 10.1Mil dollars.
Another confirmation of ransom payment
cyclingtips.com
Report: Garmin secured decryption key, paid ransom to hackers
More than a week after Garmin was crippled by a ransomware attack, the company's services continue to return to normality. Activities are said to be
cyclingtips.com