Oh, Joy. Another One Bites the Dust: Bridgestone’s Manufacturing is Screwed
Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Bridgestone – yeah, those Bridgestone, the tire people – got hit with a cyberattack. Shocking, isn’t it? Like someone finally figured out that massive corporations are lousy at security.
Apparently, some ransomware gang (they’re not naming names, because *reasons*), managed to disrupt their manufacturing operations in the US, Latin America and potentially other locations. They detected this crap on September 17th, but who knows how long it was festering before that? Probably weeks, if I had to guess.
They’ve taken systems offline to contain the damage – which means production is halted. Supply chains are gonna be a mess. Expect delays. Expect price hikes. Expect me to roll my eyes every time someone complains about tire costs. They’re working with law enforcement and “cybersecurity experts” (read: overpriced consultants who will tell them what they should have been doing all along).
No word yet on whether data was stolen, but let’s be real – it almost always is. They claim to be restoring systems, but honestly? I give it a week before something else goes wrong. It’s Bridgestone. They probably have Windows XP machines running critical infrastructure.
Honestly, the whole thing just reeks of negligence. But hey, at least *someone* is making money off this disaster. Ransomware operators are having a field day.
Speaking of disasters, I once had to remotely troubleshoot a server room that was actively flooding because someone decided it was a *great idea* to put the UPS batteries on the floor. The IT guy? “Oh, they were fine there for years!” Yeah, until they weren’t. Some people just ask for trouble. Just like Bridgestone.
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