Alliston, Ontario — Employees working at the Honda manufacturing plant located in Alliston were unexpectedly given the day off on June 8, due to a possible ransomware cyberattack.
Company spokesperson, John Bordignon told Collision Repair Magazine that production at the Alliston plant was disrupted on Monday due to a “computer/systems issue”.
However, production at the plant resumed the following day, on June 9, said Bordignon.
“Our IT department continues to assess this situation,” he said.
The Alliston plant was not the only site affected—Honda also suspended parts of its auto and motorcycle production all over the globe.
According to the reports, the suspected cyber attack affected Honda’s production globally on Monday, forcing some plants to stop operations as the company needed to ensure that its quality control systems had not been compromised.
“On Sunday, June 7, Honda experienced a disruption in its computer network that has caused a loss of connectivity, thus impacting our business operations,” Honda said in a statement. “Our information technology team is working quickly to assess the situation.”
Production resumed at most of the plants by Tuesday, but its main plant in Ohio, as well as those in Turkey, India and Brazil remain suspended as the ransomware disputed the company’s production systems, said Honda.
The automaker also confirmed via Twitter that its Customer Service and Financial Services are currently unavailable.
At this time Honda Customer Service and Honda Financial Services are experiencing technical difficulties and are unavailable. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.
— Honda Automobile Customer Service (@HondaCustSvc) June 8, 2020
