One of Nottinghamshire's biggest companies is currently reportedly being held to a £53m ransom by hackers. Car dealership group Pendragon, which is based in Annesley, is said to have been victim to a cyberattack and being held to a $60m (£53m) ransom.
It's reported that the hackers want the company, which owns around 160 showrooms across the UK and uses the Evans Halshaw and Stratstone names, to pay the huge ransom sum into a bitcoin wallet. It's also been reported that the hackers have threatened to release sensitive data on the dark web on October 21 if this amount is not paid.
The firm reportedly had its IT servers hacked, with dark web hackers allegedly stealing part of its database. The Times reported that Pendragon are defying the demands.
