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Toyota Financial Services (TFS), a subsidiary of the popular automaker, has confirmed suffering aransomwareattack.
The company only mentioned unauthorized activity on its endpoints and didn’t discuss if any data was stolen.
The attackers, on the other hand, claim to have stolen plenty of sensitive information from the firm.
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As of now, this incident is limited to Toyota Financial Services Europe & Africa.
The threat actors behind this incident are known as Medusa Ransomware.
The ransom demand is $8 million, and TFS has 10 days to make up its mind.
There is also a possibility to extend the deadline, for $10,000 a day.
So far, we don’t know if TFS is even considering making the payment.
Some researchers also speculated how Medusa managed to break into Toyotas connection.
