One of the UK’s largest family-run car dealerships has admitted suffering a serious ransomware attack last month, which resulted in data theft and the damage “beyond repair” of some core systems.
Stoke-on-Trent-based Holdcroft Motor Group was hit with a ransom demand after hackers stole two years’ worth of data including staff information.
Staffordshire Police, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have apparently been called in to investigate what happened.
Although most systems are now back up and running, and the core dealer management system which hosts customer data was unaffected, the firm admitted some infrastructure had been damaged.
Car dealers are an increasingly popular target for ransomware actors, given the large amounts of customer personal and financial information they process.
