"Hospital-busting hacker crew may be behind ransomware attack that made Honda halt car factories, say researchers"

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Japanese car maker Honda has been hit by ransomware that disrupted its production of vehicles and also affected internal communications, according to reports.

The ransomware, of an as-yet unidentified strain, appeared to have spread through the multinational firm's network. A Honda spokesman told the media it appeared to have "hit the company's internal servers."

Some Honda factories around the world were forced to suspend production, though output from Turkey, India, USA and Brazil locations remain on hold at the time of writing.

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Sky News reported yesterday that Honda's networks began to suffer "issues" on Monday, and that "the company believed it was the result of unauthorised attempts to breach its systems."
A Honda spokesbeing told several outlets: "We can confirm some impact in Europe and are currently investigating the exact nature."

Another statement from the firm today added: "Work is being undertaken to minimise the impact and to restore full functionality of production, sales and development activities."

In the meantime, multiple researchers have suggested the culprit was Ekans, with one Milkr3am, posting screenshots on Twitter of a sample submitted to VirusTotal today that checks for the internal Honda network name of "mds.honda.com"....MORE

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