Garmin, maker of fitness trackers, smartwatches and GPS-related products, has reportedly suffered a widespread ransomware attack. The manufacturer tweeted on Thursday that its Garmin Connect service is down; Garmin is a free app for tracking, analyzing and sharing health and fitness activities from a Garmin device. On Thursday night, Garmin also announced that the outage is affecting its commercial aviation offerings, with flight plan filing, account syncing and database concierge capabilities unavailable in the Garmin Pilot app. A local media outlet in Taiwan, where Garmin s production facilities are based, said the outage will soon extend to production lines too.
Source: https://threatpost.com/garmin-suffers-ransomware-attack/157698/