A Core Part of Cybersecurity Are Backups and Resilience
While banks may have 24x7 SOC (Security Operations Centre) support, there are other companies that do not quite have the same support for their IT infrastructure, especially around holiday periods.
Within the last year, two car dealers have been hacked: Pendragon and Holdcroft Motor Group. In Oct 2022, Pendragon was faced with a $60 million ransom demand [here], while Holdcroft’s systems were beyond repair after a ransomware attack [here]. Now, Arnold Clark is reported to have faced a serious cyber attack before Christmas:
In response to a suspected attack, the company cut off access to the Internet, and where they are currently trying to re-establish connections to their dealerships and other parties. A report from the company is:
Some news sources are reporting that files were deleted, but this has not been confirmed yet.
