Hackers reportedly demand $10 million ransom from Garmin

Garmin has apologised to customers for the outage which has been ongoing since Thursday afternoon

Hackers have demanded a $10 million ransom from Garmin after confirmation the company was the victim of a ransomware attack.

The WastedLocker ransomware hit Garmin's network on Thursday, with one employee telling Bleeping Computer they first noticed something was wrong when they arrived at work on Thursday morning.

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Jonny was Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor until 2022.

I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).

I also worked for ITV Cycli