Ransomware Attack at Motorcycle Manufacturer Kawasaki Motors Europe

“At the start of September, Kawasaki Motors Europe, (KME) was the subject of a cyberattack which, although not successful, resulted in the company’s servers being temporarily isolated until a strategic recovery plan was initiated later on the same day,” the company said in an advisory. Over 90 percent of servers was functionality was restored the following week. Before finishing to ensure that each and every server was free of non-authorized information, KME were able to resume business for dealers, business administration and third-party suppliers such as logistics companies.

Estimated Cost

487 GB of data and all servers offline for almost a week.

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Impacts

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