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CTOnews.com March 21 news, Ferrari Motor Company recently said that its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary Ferrari S.p.A. A blackmail letter was received from a hacker threatening to disclose his customer data if the ransom was not paid, but Ferrari refused to succumb to the hacker and would not pay the ransom.

Tuyuan Pexels Ferrari said in an online statement on Monday that it contacted the cyber security company immediately after receiving the blackmail and reported to law enforcement. The company said it had notified affected customers and explained to them possible leaked data, including names, addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers. The customer's payment information, bank account number and details of the Ferrari owned or ordered have not been disclosed. However, Ferrari did not say how many customers were affected.

"in accordance with our policy, Ferrari will not give in to blackmailers because paying such ransoms will finance criminal activities and enable hackers to continue their attacks," the company said in a statement. on the contrary, we think it is best to notify our customers, so we have informed our customers that they may face data breaches and the nature of the incident. "

Ferrari insisted that it attached great importance to the privacy of its customers and understood the seriousness of the incident, while confirming that it did not affect the company's operations.

If Ferrari insists on not paying the ransom, some tycoons may face the risk that their personal information will be disclosed by hackers or sold to other cyber criminals, thus becoming the target of various fraud schemes.

In addition, Ferrari did not seem to know that they had been hacked until they contacted the hackers.

According to CTOnews.com, Ferrari was attacked by blackmail software in October last year and leaked 7GB data.

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