Nissan cyber-attack in Australia and New Zealand affects about 100,000 people
A cyber-attack on Nissan's Australian and New Zealand operations affected about 100,000 customers and employees. The Akira ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack. Nissan confirmed that customer information had been accessed and later disclosed the scale of the impact.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Nissan
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 100,000 customers, employees and others in Australia and New Zealand
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack claimed by the Akira ransomware group
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- The possibility that Nissan had been hacked was raised.
- The Akira ransomware group claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on Nissan Australia.
- Nissan confirmed that the cyber-attack had resulted in access to local customer information.
- It emerged that about 100,000 customers and employees had been affected by the cyber-attack on Nissan Australia.
- Nissan said about 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand had been affected.
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