Honda was attacked by ransomware, forcing to halt the factory and close many offices

Honda’s global operations have been affected by a ransomware attack, and the Japanese automaker is still trying to get things back to normal. On Tuesday, the company said it had temporarily shut down a number of manufacturing plants, and also stopped customer service and other financial operations.

“There is currently no evidence of any loss of personally identifiable information.” Honda said in its statement. “We have returned to production at most of the plants and are currently working towards bringing the engines and automobile plants in Ohio back to work.”

The virus in this Honda attack is said to be ransomware Snake. These attacks often involve hackers encrypting an important file of the company hostage and force the company to pay to decrypt it.

According to a message received by The Verge, Honda’s internal warning system treats the incident as a “serious ransomware virus attack”. ” Global and North American IT teams are constantly working to curb this attack and restore normal business operations as soon as possible, but many business processes depend on the system. Information systems have been affected. ”

Although Honda said some factories were reopening, many car owners were unable to make online payments or access the company’s customer service website. An employee in one of Honda’s largest North American customers told The Verge that seasonal workers (who make up a significant part of the company’s workforce) were not paid while the office was close the door.

Refer to The Verge