Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile suffers a data breach

July 5, 2024
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The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), an auto racing regulatory organisation since the 1950s, revealed that threat actors obtained access to its data through phishing operations that targeted multiple FIA email accounts.

The FIA is a non-profit international organisation that administers various auto racing competitions, including Formula One and the World Rally Championship. It also represents 242 member organisations from 147 countries on five continents and oversees the FIA Foundation, which promotes and funds road safety research.

 

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile revealed that phishing attacks caused the unauthorised access it incurred recently.

 

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile explained that the threat actors utilised phishing techniques to target their accounts. These malicious campaigns have resulted in unauthorised access to personal data stored in two FIA email accounts.

On the other hand, after the FIA became aware of the incident, it took immediate action to address the issues by deploying its security measures and isolating the network that suffered the unauthorised access.

FIA claims that it immediately informed relevant authorities, such as the Préposé Fédéral à la Protection des Données et à la Transparence, a Swiss data protection authority, and a French data protection regulator.

Furthermore, this F1 governing body has also implemented new security measures to stop similar attacks in the future, and it apologises to concerned individuals for any anxiety caused by the unwanted incident.

FIA then assured everyone that they take data protection and information security requirements very seriously and constantly examine our systems to ensure they are correctly configured and ready for cybercriminal operations.

However, the affected entity has yet to reveal when it discovered the data breach, how many people’s personal information was accessed, and what sensitive information was leaked or stolen during the event.

These details are the only information the FIA has released to the public, and it has remained tight-lipped about any inquiries. Potentially affected individuals and organisations should know more about this situation as the undisclosed threat actors could execute other campaigns soon.

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