Popular Car Company Becomes Next Target in $20 Million Dollar Ransomware Attack

Kia Ransomware Attack In an unfortunate situation popular car company Kia Motors America recently made headlines of a possible ransomware attack and the company was demanded to pay $20 Million ransom from a cybercriminal gang in order to not leak stolen data.

It was reported by Bleeping Computer earlier this week that the car company suffered a major IT outage that affected all of their technology applications. A customer tweeted that they were told from a dealership that the outage is due to the ransomware attack.

The alleged ransomware group responsible for this attack was DoppelPaymer ransomware, a popular gang that steals unencrypted files before stealing the encrypted device. They also leak data on a site to further pressure the victim to pay the ransom. Below is a recent example of just that:

Source: Bleeping Computer

Kia Motors America released a statement with the following, "KMA is aware of IT outages involving internal, dealer and customer-facing systems, including UVO. We apologize for any inconvenience to our customers and are working to resolve the issue and restore normal business operations as quickly as possible."

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Bleeping Computer has the full story.

UPDATE: KIA DENIES RANSOMWARE ATTACK! MORE HERE

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