On Sunday, Stellantis showed a violation of data that includes a third -party service provider supporting his North American customer service operations. The Company stated that the unauthorized approach, which is currently being investigated, revealed only basic contact information and did not endanger financial data or sensitive personal data.
Company’s reaction and customer advice
Parent Chrysler confirmed that he activated his reports to incidents, announced the authorities and directly informed the affected customers. He also urged customers to warn of potential phishing attempts. Stellantis, however, did not publish how many individuals were influenced.
“After the discovery, we immediately activated our reports on the incidents and directly informed affected customers,” the automaker said in his statement.
Operation Jaguar Land Rover hardly hit
The latest incident contributes to a number of recent cyber attacks focused on global car manufacturers. At the beginning of September, Jaguar Land Rover said that cyber security violations “seriously disrupted” its retail and production operations and forced it to maintain factories closed until September 24th.
The British car manufacturer said that production in its plants in the UK will remain suspended until September 24, which will extend the stop that lasted more than three weeks after the cyber attack. The company owned by Indian Tata Motors owned by India Tata Motors took its systems in early September to detain violations, causing great disruption of its production lines and retail operations.
In addition, the automaker confirmed on Tuesday that its three British factories, which usually appear around 1,000 vehicles a day, will not continue working in September 24th. Thousands of its 33,000 strong workforce were asked to stay at home during the shutdown.
“We have taken this step because our forensic investigation of the cyber incident continues, and although we are planning a gradual and controlled restart of our global operations,” the company said in a statement published on its website.
It is remarkable that increasing reliance on digital platforms and external sector providers increase the exposure of cyber threats that risk disturbing operations and threaten customers’ data.
(With Reuters inputs)
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