Renault has been forced to notify an unspecified number of customers that threat actors may have compromised their personal data.
A notice posted to X (formerly Twitter) by security researcher Troy Hunt said a supplier was targeted in the incident. “We are very sorry to inform you about a cyber-attack on one of our third-party providers, leading to some Renault UK customers’ personal data being taken from one of their systems,” it said.
“The third-party provider established that your data was included.” Although no financial data or passwords appear to have been taken, the threat actors did manage to compromise: First and last name, gender, phone number, email and postal address, and vehicle identification and registration number.
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Commenting on this, Dray Agha, senior manager of security operations atHuntress, said, “The Renault breach is a textbook case for why a Zero Trust framework must extend beyond your own network to encompass your entire supply chain.
“You cannot trust; you must verify, and this principle applies just as rigorously to the external vendors who have access to your data. Every third-party connection should be treated as a potential attack vector, requiring strict identity verification and least-privilege access controls.
“Adopting Zero Trust dramatically reduces the ‘blast radius’ of a supply chain attack. By segmenting access and enforcing policies that grant vendors only the minimum data required for their specific task, you prevent a single compromised supplier account from becoming a gateway to your entire crown-jewel data and systems.”
