Cyber attacks on supply chains in the automotive industry
According to a study by the industry association Bitkom, cyber attacks by organized crime and foreign countries have increased significantly in Germany. The theft of data, the damage or destruction of IT equipment as well as industrial espionage and sabotage caused damage of around 206 billion euros to the German economy. Since the German automotive industry is, on the one hand, a mainstay of the domestic economy and, on the other hand, internationally networked and dependent on the global sales market, it is particularly threatened by this development. As a result, the problem of ransomware attacks has manifested itself on a large scale in the automotive sector and…
