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  • "Confirmed: Garmin received decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware"

    From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Tue Aug 4 13:10:29 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    "Confirmed: Garmin received decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware"

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/confirmed-garmin-received-decryptor-for-wastedlocker-ransomware/

    "On July 23rd, 2020, Garmin suffered a worldwide outage where customers
    could not access their connected services, including the Garmin Connect, flyGarmin, Strava, inReach solutions."

    "BleepingComputer was the first to confirm that they suffered a
    cyberattack by the WastedLocker Ransomware operators after employees
    shared photos of encrypted workstations, and we found a sample of the ransomware utilized in the attack."

    "Employees later shared with BleepingComputer that the ransom demand was
    $10 million."

    "After a four day outage, Garmin suddenly announced that they were
    starting to restore services, and it made us suspect that they paid the
    ransom to receive a decryptor."

    "Garmin refused, though, to comment any further."

    Wow.

    Lynn
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  • From Roger Blake@rogblake@iname.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Fri Aug 7 13:21:12 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2020-08-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    "After a four day outage, Garmin suddenly announced that they were
    starting to restore services, and it made us suspect that they paid the ransom to receive a decryptor."

    "Garmin refused, though, to comment any further."

    Perhaps they had good backups, kept offline. With that one can tell the purveyors of ransomware to piss off.

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