Garmin is reportedly being held by a $ 10 million ransomware attack, which has left various platforms and features inactive.
The type of ransomware used is called WastedLocker, which infiltrated Garmin’s systems sometime Thursday, and an employee said they first noticed something was wrong when they arrived at the office that day.
All devices within your company-wide data center were ordered to shutdown to try to prevent them from being encrypted, which explains the global outage currently being experienced.
They say that once Garmin Connect is accessible again, user activity data should not be lost as it is stored on the device and will appear once the user can sync their device. They have a page on their website that shows the status of their platforms and features, all of which are currently inactive.
>>> Hackers are reportedly demanding a $ 10 million ransom from Garmin
But what if you don’t wait? The good news is that you can manually upload your trip to Strava while Garmin is idle, directly from your Garmin device.
1. Connect your device to the computer with the USB cable and go to Finder or My Computer depending on your operating system
2. All activities are dated, which should make it easier to find the right one.
3. Select the files you want to add (Strava says this option is not available for devices using the ANT + agent)
Generally, you can also export files from Garmin Connect and then upload them via Strava, but this is not currently possible.
Alternatively, you can go even more analog and fill in the information directly in the app:
1. Sign in to Strava
2. Click the “+” sign in the upper right corner of the application
3. Click “Manual Activity” on the right side
4. Fill in the details
Garmin apologized to customers for the disruption, saying it does not believe the disruption has affected activity data, payment details, or other personal information.
