Many major motorsports including Formula 1 governing body Located in International Automobile Federation (FIA) Today an important topic came up on the agenda. In a short press release the organization says: hit by a cyber attack announced.

The FIA ​​statement does not say when the phishing attack took place, but it does say that it was recent. Some of the data access is granted was also among the information received.

Unauthorized access has been obtained to 2 FIA email addresses

According to the press release, the attackers used has gained unauthorized access to two FIA email addresses He succeeded. But no other details were given. There is no explanation of how many people were affected, what the accessed data contained, and who or who the attackers are. It is unclear whether the hackers want something in return for the data.

The FIA ​​said it had informed authorities about what followed and took all necessary precautions he claimed. The organization added that as soon as it noticed the attack, it blocked all illegal access in a very short time.