Garmin Confirms Cyber Attack Caused Massive Connect Outage
Garmin confirms a cyber attack is behind a major outage that took down its Connect services, website, and call centers. The company states that no user data was compromised during the breach.
Garmin experiences a major service outage that takes down Garmin Connect, the company's main website, and its call centers. The company initially attributes the downtime to routine maintenance but later confirms that a cyber attack is actually responsible for the disruption.
Despite the severity of the attack, Garmin assures users that no private user data is accessed during the breach. This means sensitive information such as email addresses, Garmin Pay financial data, and health activity records remain completely secure and untouched by the attackers.
As Garmin slowly brings its systems back online, users continue to face delays and syncing issues while servers process backlogged data transfers. The company expects to restore full functionality over the next few days and advises affected customers to simply wait out any remaining connection problems.