HONDA HIT BY CYBERATTACK

Japanese car manufacturer Honda was hit Monday night by a cyberattack that temporarily affected production, a spokesperson for the company told The Hill.

The spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday that Honda had “experienced a cyberattack that has affected production operations at some U.S. plants.”

The spokesperson added that the cyberattack had not caused a data breach, and that Honda had “resumed production in most plants and are currently working toward the return to production of our auto and engine plants in Ohio.”

Honda further told BBC News that the incident had temporarily halted production at manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Turkey, adding that the “virus had spread” throughout its network.

According to the BBC, some experts have speculated that the attack may have involved ransomware, a common type of attack that involves hackers locking a network and demanding payment to give users access again.