If you or anyone you know owns a Ferrari, pay attention to the following development. Ferrari recently disclosed it experienced a data breach following a ransom demand.
Customer information exposed in the incident included customers' names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers, while Ferrari hasn't found any evidence financial information, or any other sensitive data points, were affected. Anyone who was impacted by the breach should receive a data breach notification from Ferrari.
Because of the information compromised in the breach, Ferrari customers should be aware of social engineering attacks cybercriminals may attempt to launch.
What To Do About This?
Cybercriminals may try to leverage email addresses to send phishing emails to data breach victims. These phishing emails may claim to be from legitimate organizations, including Ferrari itself, and will try and elicit an emotional response to try and get you to turn over login credentials, additional personal information, and in some cases, even money.
Phishing attacks can also target your phone as well. Since phone numbers were compromised in the breach, be on the lookout for suspicious SMS text messages that may be sent, which is a practice known as "smishing," and phishing attacks done via voice, or "vishing."
Cyber scams can be spotted by paying close attention. If you inspect any suspicious messages carefully, you'll be able to see the signs that what you received is illegitimate. Watch our on-demand webinar, "Spotting Cyber Scam Red Flags," to learn more about these warning signs.
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