Security News > 2023 > March > Ferrari in a spin as crims steal a car-load of customer data

Italian automaker Ferrari has warned its well-heeled customers that their personal data may be at risk.

"We regret to inform you of a cyber incident at Ferrari, where a threat actor was able to access a limited number of systems in our IT environment," opens a letter sent to Ferrari owners, including one Reg reader who was kind enough to share it.

"As part of this incident, certain data relating to our clients was exposed including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers," the letter continues, before warning: "Your data may have been included as part of this incident." The letter to customers adds that Ferrari has verified the data dangled before it by whoever demanded the ransom.

Ferrari therefore decided "The best course of action was to inform our clients and thus we have notified our customers of the potential data exposure and the nature of the incident."

The Register observes that customer data could be held by external entities such as dealers or marketers.

Wherever the data came from, Ferrari stated it has "Worked with third party experts to further reinforce our systems and are confident in their resilience." The automaker has also hired a "Leading global third-party cybersecurity firm" and informed the relevant authorities.

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