300 GB of Sensitive Data Breached at Large Swiss Car Dealer

October 10, 2022

INCIDENT

One of Europe's biggest car dealers, Emil Frey, was hit with a ransomware attack last month, according to a statement from the company. The Swiss company showed up on the list of victims for the Hive ransomware on February 1 and confirmed that they were attacked in January. "We have restored and restarted our commercial activity already days after the incident on January 11, 2022," a spokesperson said, declining to answer more questions about whether customer information was accessed.

Incident Date

January 11, 2022

Location

Switzerland

Estimated Cost

unknown

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source