Ferrari has disclosed a knowledge breach following a ransom demand obtained after attackers gained entry to a few of the firm’s IT methods.

“We remorse to tell you of a cyber incident at Ferrari, the place a menace actor was capable of entry a restricted variety of methods in our IT setting,” Ferrari says in breach notification letters despatched to clients.

The Italian luxurious sports activities automotive maker says buyer data uncovered within the incident contains names, addresses, electronic mail addresses, and phone numbers. 

Thus far, Ferrari is but to seek out proof that cost particulars, checking account numbers, or different delicate cost data was accessed or stolen.

“Ferrari N.V. proclaims that Ferrari S.p.A., its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary, was lately contacted by a menace actor with a ransom demand associated to sure consumer contact particulars,” the corporate stated in an announcement.

“Upon receipt of the ransom demand, we instantly began an investigation in collaboration with a number one world third-party cybersecurity agency.”

No impression on Ferrari’s operations

Ferrari has taken measures to safe the compromised methods and says the assault has had no impression on the corporate’s operations.

After discovering the breach, Ferrari additionally reported the assault to related authorities and is working with a cybersecurity firm to research the scope of the impression.

“As a coverage, Ferrari is not going to be held to ransom as paying such calls for funds legal exercise and allows menace actors to perpetuate their assaults,” the corporate added.

“As an alternative, we believed the perfect plan of action was to tell our shoppers and thus we’ve got notified our clients of the potential information publicity and the character of the incident.”

A Ferrari spokesperson was not instantly obtainable for remark when contacted by BleepingComputer earlier right this moment.