Garmin server issues

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by fkelly

The Android upload is instantaneous. By the time I can get up a flight of stairs my ride is waiting for me on the computer.

I really got spoiled by this. I hit save on the garmin, phone still on the bike, go inside, open the garage door, and by then the ride is on the web. I have no idea how that happens. It didn't at first, but then started working.

The idea of going back to a cable just doesn't appeal.

[Latestart]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...omware-attack/

Confirmed WastedLocker ransomware attack
A source close to the Garmin incident response and a Garmin employee confirmed to BleepingComputer that the WastedLocker ransomware attacked Garmin.

A Garmin employee told BleepingComputer that they first learned of the attack when they arrived at their office on Thursday morning.

BleepingComputer was told that the Garmin IT department had tried to remotely shut down all computers on the network as devices were being encrypted, including home computers connected via VPN.

After being unable to do so, employees were told to shut down any computer on the network that they had access to.

In a photo of a Garmin computer with encrypted files shared with BleepingComputer, you can see that the .garminwasted extension was appended to the file's name, and ransom notes were also created for each file.

[djg21]

It had to reinstall Garmin Connect on my iPhone after latest iOS beta. Apart from my Edge not uploading workout data, I could log into Garmin Connect for the past few days. Tonight everything functioned, albeit a little more slowly perhaps.

[schwa86]

I just looked at the status page posted further up in this thread and all services are currently listed As down. Seems like they are still working on it.

[benb]

If it hasn't been mentioned already... good time to change your Strava, Training Peaks, Trainer Road, Peloton, Golden Cheetah, etc.. passwords.

This is not a time to trust Garmin that they didn't lose passwords.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by benb

I just looked through the engineering job openings Garmin has... you can't tell for sure but the tech stack they are running Connect on does not have any telltale signs they run stuff on Windows. It wouldn't make a lot of sense.
They're running the stereotypical stuff you run on Unix, at least for connect.

It's amazing how much you can learn about a company just by reading the tea leaves, so to speak.

[54ny77]

Hmm, will a Thomas Bros. map book fit in my jersey pocket?

[BobbyJones]

Hypothesize all you want, but if you can get to it, so can they.

It's that simple.

[benb]

My last 4-5 rides synced today after my ride and ended up on Training Peaks.

That's about all I really need.... I log into Garmin Connect about once a year and barely ever make courses and such.

[trener1]

Is it back down? I haven't synced a ride today but the app isn't connecting to my watch at all today (it was yesterday)

[benb]

It says it's down when you go in the phone app but the portion of the software that sends the Activities up to the cloud appears to be working.. you just can't read them back in the Garmin App.

I went to plug my Edge into my computer to manually upload to Training Peaks and the rides were already there...

edit: Just now I can go into Garmin Connect on my iPhone and it still has the Maintenance message but I can see the rides there too.

[unterhausen]

my watch didn't sync using my phone the way it usually does. Plugged it in to charge it and it synced.

[Latestart]

https://arstechnica.com/information-...by-ransomware/

[Keith A]

This is just messed up. This is a quote from the article...

"Not only did ransomware last year cost US governments, health care providers, and educational institutions a combined $7.5 billion, the resulting disruptions can cause hospitals to turn away patients seeking emergency care, dangerous meddling of critical infrastructure, and hardships for millions of end users. "

[Mark McM]

Citing an unnamed number of security sources, Sky News reported that Garmin obtained the decryption key. The report lined up with what the person with direct knowledge told Ars. Sky News said Garmin "did not directly make a payment to the hackers," but didn't elaborate. Garmin representatives declined to provide confirmation that the malware was WastedLocker and if the company paid any sort of ransom.

Anybody want to lay odds whether they ended up paying the ransom (perhaps through a 3rd party)?