Smartwatch Maker Garmin Shuts Down Services due to Ransomware attack

Wearable device maker Garmin shut down some of its connected services and call centers on Thursday following what the company called a worldwide outage, now confirmed to be caused by a WastedLocker ransomware attack.
Garmin's product line includes GPS navigation and wearable technology for the automotive, marine, aviation, marine, fitness, and outdoor markets.
"We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect," an outage update notification published on the company's newsroom says.
"This outage also affects our call centers, and we are currently unable to receive any calls, emails or online chats. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and apologize for this inconvenience."
While Garmin didn't mention it in their outage alert, multiple flyGarmin services used by aircraft pilots are also down, including the flyGarmin website and mobile app, Connext Services (weather, CMC, and position reports) and Garmin Pilot Apps (Flight plan filing unless connected to FltPlan, account syncing, and database concierge).
inReach satellite tech (Service Activation and Billing) and Garmin Explore (Explore site and Explore app sign) used for location sharing, GPS navigation, logistics, and tracking through the Iridium satellite network are also down.
The company's Indian branch first tweeted about some servers being shut down due to planned maintenance nine hours ago that would limit the performance of the Garmin Express, Garmin Connect mobile and website.
Four hours later, Garmin's main Twitter and Facebook accounts shared the same outage message (1, 2) about the incident impacting Garmin Connect services, including the mobile app and the website, with the company's call centers also being down due to the outage.

Confirmed WasterLocker ransomware attack
A source close to the Garmin incident response with first-hand information has confirmed to BleepingComputer that Garmin was attacked by the WastedLocker ransomware.
Yesterday, Garmin said that its services and call centers were down because of an outage, however, Garmin employees shared a different version of what actually happened.

Multiple unconfirmed reports mentioned a ransomware attack that successfully locked some of the company's systems, forcing Garmin to take down parts of the Garmin.com website and the Garmin Connect data sync service.

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