Garmin has finally admitted that its recent outage was caused by a cyber-attack. In an update last week, the company initially said it was “experiencing an outage that affects flyGarmin and as a result, the flyGarmin website and mobile app are down at this time.” However, following rumors online that the company had actually suffered a ransomware attack, and that it had even paid a $10m ransom, the company has updated its statement to confirm that it suffered a “cyber-attack that encrypted some of our systems on July 23 2020.” This resulted in many of its online services being interrupted, including website functions, customer support, customer facing applications and company communications.

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