Vehicle components large LKQ Company disclosed that one in all its enterprise models in Canada was hacked, permitting menace actors to steal knowledge from the corporate.
LKQ is a public American firm specializing in automotive alternative components, elements, and providers to restore and preserve autos. The corporate has 45,000 staff in 25 international locations and operates quite a few manufacturers, together with Keystone, Tri Star, and ADL.
In a Friday night FORM 8-Okay submitting filed with the SEC, the corporate says one in all its enterprise models in Canada was breached on November 13, disrupting enterprise operations.
“On November 13, 2024, LKQ Company (the “Firm” or “we”) detected unauthorized entry to data know-how (IT) techniques of a single enterprise unit in Canada (“Enterprise Unit”). The assault disrupted the Enterprise Unit’s operations,” reads the LKQ Kind 8-Okay submitting.
“Upon discovery, we instantly started taking steps to research, comprise, and recuperate from the incident, together with activating our safety incident response and restoration plans, partnering with business main forensic investigators, and initiating containment measures for affected techniques. We additionally promptly notified legislation enforcement authorities. We’re analyzing knowledge impacted by the incident and will likely be notifying affected events as applicable.”
“On account of the incident, the Firm’s operations inside this Enterprise Unit have been adversely impacted for just a few weeks whereas affected techniques have been recovered; nevertheless, the Firm believes that it has successfully contained the menace and that none of its different companies have been impacted by the menace, and the Enterprise Unit is now working close to full capability.”
The corporate says that they don’t consider the incident can have any materials affect on its financials or operations for the rest of the fiscal yr. LKQ says that they are going to search reimbursement for prices and bills stemming from the cyberattack from their cyber insurance coverage firm.
LKQ warns that its containment measures have induced some disruption throughout the breached enterprise for just a few weeks however has since restored operations.
No ransomware gangs or different menace actors have claimed duty for the assault.