Garmin hack: Firm confirms it was subject of cyberattack but says customer data safe

Posted on 28 Jul 2020 by James Devonshire

American GPS and smartwatch maker Garmin says it was the victim of a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems and caused its services to be unavailable for at least three days.

Since Monday, Garmin product owners have been able to use some services, although others remain in a “limited” state. Despite the service outage being attributed to a cyber attack, Garmin says there is no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was “accessed, lost, or stolen”. Some Garmin customers have confirmed…

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