Nissan confirmed a data breach incident at it’s New Zealand and Australia offices, after a ransomware attack hit the branches back in December last year.
Nissan quotes the affected individuals to be around 100,000, which includes a mix of their employees and customers from partner companies. As the concerned ransomware group has already leaked the stolen data, Nissan now offers a free credit monitoring service to those affected and warns them to be vigilant.
Data Breach at Nissan Oceania
In early December 2023, Nissan notified the public of a cyberattack on it’s Australia and New Zealand regional offices, affecting the distribution, marketing, sales and service departments. While it neither confirmed a ransomware attack nor a data breach incident, it warned customers to be vigilant of potential scams.
Well, Nissan has since came up with a notification saying that the sensitive data of around 100,000 people were stolen during the incident, including some from it’s current and former employees, as well as customers of Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, Skyline, Infiniti, LDV, and RAM dealerships.
Nissan says this “number might reduce as contact details are validated and duplicated names are removed from the list“. Furthermore, up to 10% of these individuals had their government identification compromised, including Medicare cards, driver’s licenses, passports and tax file numbers, reads the statement.
“The data set includes approximately 4,000 Medicare cards, 7,500 driver’s licenses, 220 passports and 1,300 tax file numbers“. The remaining 90% had other personal information impacted, like loan-related documents, employment details and dates of birth.
While it’s gearing up to notify the affected individuals, Akira – the ransomware group that claimed this attack, has already leaked the stolen data on the dark web. Thus, Nissan is now providing free access to IDCARE, credit monitoring services through Equifax in Australia and Centrix in New Zealand, and reimbursement for replacing compromised government IDs.
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