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The US arm of Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone has restored network connectivity at its US facilities, after it suffered a cyber attack earlier this month.
Bridgestone Americas announced early this month that it had suffered a “limited cyber incident”, which led it to halt factory operations at a number of its North American and Latin American manufacturing and retreading facilities.
“Although some plants were impacted, we have been methodically returning them back to full operation without incident and expect this to be completed over the next few days,” a spokesperson told Cybersecurity Dive.
Now, the company has said that network connectivity has been restored at its manufacturing and retreading facilities, and has accelerated production to catch stock up to its pre-hack levels.
“With the safety and security of our systems being our top priority, we will continue to monitor for any signs of issues related to this limited cyber incident,” Cybersecurity Dive was told.
While no details of the incident have been revealed, such as financial impact, when the incident was detected or if any data was affected, the company is working with third-party experts and federal law enforcement in its investigation.
Additionally, Cyber Daily has not observed any threat actors taking responsibility for the cyber incident. It is unclear when Bridgestone Americas will completely restore systems.
The Bridgestone cyber attack closely follows a breach of British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which has recently extended halts on factory staff as the impact of the cyber attack continues to hinder operations.
The car manufacturer, owned by Tata Motors in India, revealed that it had suffered a cyber attack at the beginning of September, announcing that it had shut down its systems to prevent further damage.
“JLR has been impacted by a cyber incident. We took immediate action to mitigate its impact by proactively shutting down our systems,” Jaguar Land Rover said in a recent but undated statement on its corporate website.
“We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner.”
The company originally told staff at its manufacturing plants in Solihull, Wolverhampton, and Halewood on Merseyside to stay home until 9 September, with their hours being banked to be picked up later, while their pay remains normal.
However, the stay home order was extended, and now the factories are set to remain closed until 24 September, JLR said this week.
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