R&D Data Breach at Volvo Cars

January 4, 2023

INCIDENT

Car company Volvo suffered a cyberattack on some of its research and development property, the manufacturer said in a press release. Volvo Cars said "it could impact the company's operation", but did not specify what that might be.

In a statement published on the dark web on the evening of November 30, the Snatch ransomware gang said it had attacked the Volvo Car Corporation (VCC). Snatch published screenshots of allegedly stolen data from the Volvo hack on a Darknet website viewed by inside-it.ch.

Incident Date

November 30, 2021

Location

Sweden

Estimated Cost

unknown

Victims

Type of Malware