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While it seemed like automotive cybersecurity would never outpace these modern laptop-wielding gearheads, John Heldreth, Head of Car Security Operations at Volkswagen AG, had a different idea. Taking a unique approach, John offers another way to view cybersecurity.
30% of automotive employees don't check security protocols before trying a new tool, according to Salesforce. 34% of automotive employees in Salesforce's survey said their company receives more security threats now than two years ago.
Paul Cha is a cyber and product security leader, serving as the VP of Cybersecurity at LG Electronics Vehicle component Solutions. Paul started his career in cyber security work as a senior security solution development engineer, where he focused on smart appliances such as smart TVs and smartphones.
The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against the German multinational automotive group Continental.Since LockBit says that it will publish "All available" data, this indicates that Continental is yet to negotiate with the ransomware operation or it has already refused to comply with the demands.
An automotive supplier had its systems breached and files encrypted by three different ransomware gangs over two weeks in May, two of the attacks happening within just two hours. The attacks followed an initial breach of the company's systems by a likely initial access broker in December 2021, who exploited a firewall misconfiguration to breach the domain controller server using a Remote Desktop Protocol connection.
TB Kawashima, part of the Japanese automotive component manufacturer Toyota Boshoku of the Toyota Group of companies, announced that one of its subsidiaries has been hit by a cyberattack. On Thursday, TB Kawashima announced that one of its subsidiaries, a Thai sales company, had been breached, prompting immediate action that consisted in turning off devices that the attacker accessed.
Nichirin-Flex U.S.A, a subsidiary of the Japanese car and motorcycle hose maker Nichirin, has been hit by a ransomware attack causing the company to take the network offline.The firm's website had to be taken down temporarily until experts were able to determine the extent of the ransomware attack impact, but it's now back online.
A US subsidiary of Nichirin Co., a Japan-based company manufacturing and selling automotive hoses and hose parts, has been hit with ransomware, which resulted in the shut down of the subsidiary's network and production control system. To prevent the threat spreading to the networks of the parent company and those of other Nichirin subsidiaries around the world, the affected network was shut down and apparently the action was quick enough for the ransomware to be contained.