Both Kia and Hyundai, which reported a less severe IT outage in the USA that it said also began Saturday, said they had no evidence the problems were caused by ransomware. “At this time, and based on the best and most current information, we can confirm that we have no evidence that Kia or any Kia data is subject to a ransomware attack,” the company said. David Zalubowski/AP Kia Motors America says it’s restoring services crippled by a computer network outage that began Saturday. The report said the gang was threatening to leak online data stolen from Hyundai unless the South Korean automaker paid up. Doppelpaymer is a leading Russian-speaking ransomware gang.

Source: Stuff February 21, 2021 17:37 UTC