Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-08-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Holdcroft Motor Group
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Holdcroft Motor Group, one of the UKÃÆÃ'Ã'ÃÂs largest family-run car dealerships, admits suffering a serious ransomware attack, which resulted in data theft (two years' worth of data) and the damage ÃÆÃ'Ã'ÃÂ±beyond repairÃÆÃ'Ã'ÃÂ® of some core systems.