.The Volkswagen Group has given out a statement after a known ransomware group stated to have actually swiped valuable information coming from the carmaker's devices." This incident is actually understood," a Volkswagen spokesperson informed SecurityWeek, including, "The IT facilities of the Volkswagen Team is actually not affected. We are continuing to monitor the situation very closely.".The Volkswagen Group owns car labels such as Volkswagen, Skoda, Chair, Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, Cupra, and also Bentley..The provider has actually certainly not shared any other information on the cyberattack. Its own short statement comes after the ransomware gang 8Base called the carmaker on its own leak website.8Base states to have taken invoices, receipts, accounting papers, individual records, certifications, employment contracts, employees reports, and also "a massive quantity of confidential information"..The moment is actually up for Volkswagen on the ransomware group's website, however the hackers carry out not seem to have created some of the swiped details people..The 8Base ransomware group has been actually around since very early 2023, to time calling more than 400 victims on its own web site..Once they get to the targeted company's bodies, the cybercriminals swipe delicate information that can be made use of to press the target to spend a ransom money, and after that deploy file-encrypting malware.This is certainly not the first time the carmaker has actually been actually targeted through cyberpunks. Previously this year it was disclosed that Chinese state-sponsored danger actors aiming to secure useful information had accessibility to the firm's bodies between 2011 and also 2014. Advertisement. Scroll to proceed analysis.Related: Casio Confirms Information Breach as Ransomware Group Leaks Files.Related: 238,000 Comcast Customers Attacked by FBCS Ransomware Strike.Related: Ransomware Group Claims 100 Gb of Records Stolen Coming From Nissan.