Hyundai Motor Europe Grapples with Cyber Threat as Black Basta Ransomware Strikes

A California union and Hyundai Motor Europe both announced separately this week that they had suffered cyberattacks in the past month, resulting in the loss of their data. According to Black Basta, a group that first emerged in 2022 as a double-extortionist group, Hyundai Motor Europe’s data has been stolen more than 3TBs. 

The carmaker has not confirmed that it has been infected by ransomware, nor does Black Basta agree with its claims. An attack on the Hyundai Motor Europe division of the South Korean company earlier this year has been confirmed by the division’s CEO. 

Hyundai Motor Europe was initially reported to have suffered a cyber-attack in the middle of January, however, Hyundai immediately shot the report down, saying it was simply a matter of IT issues.

According to BleepingComputer, who first reported the story on Thursday, the South Korean automaker announced in early January that it was having “IT problems” that it was “working to resolve as soon as possible.” 

This news has been spreading fast since then. In the past week, the media outlet has been informed that Black Basta is connected with the incident and the alleged theft of 3TB of data. Cybernews is unaware of any mention of Hyundai or the stolen data on Black Basta’s dark leak we

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