Wheelie bad end to 2019 for Canyon Bicycles as hackers puncture IT systems German cycle-maker Canyon Bicycles GmbH has confirmed it was the victim of a security break-in over the holiday period that has all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack with parts of the infrastructure padlocked by the perpetrators. The digital burglars gained access to IT systems “shortly before the turn of the year”, the …
"The attack shows massive criminal intent," Sounds like something that IRAN might to to Mr Trump.... when in fact, someone clicked/opened an infected word document, or executed a downloaded executable...
What's the guessing that it was someone in upper managlement who has rights to read/write more files than they truly require...
I have my own domain and use a different email address for every company I deal with.
Bought a bike from Canyon about 4-5 years ago, within 18 months I was receiving spam for porn, internet dating, viagra and the like to the email address I only used to correspond with them. Tried contacting them to alert them to this (and the fact there was clearly a leak or vulnerability somewhere), got absolutely no response after multiple attempts.
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