A Cyberattack on Garmin Disrupted More Than Workouts

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A Cyberattack on Garmin Disrupted More Than Workouts
Wired
Lily Hay Newman
July 27, 2020

The navigation and fitness firm Garmin last week was hit by a ransomware attack that took down numerous services. In addition to affecting Garmin Connect, the cloud platform that syncs user activity data, and portions of Garmin.com, the hack resulted in days-long outages for the flyGarmin and Garmin Pilot app, impacting flight-planning mechanisms and the ability to update mandatory Federal Aviation Administration aeronautical databases. The hack highlights the threat that ransomware poses across industries. The Front Range Flight School in Colorado said the hack temporarily grounded one plane due to the inability to update the databases for the Garmin 430, which is used for navigation. Although tablet apps are used by pilots as backups to flight plan and navigation systems, those using Garmin Pilot did not have access to that failsafe.