Hackers breach Chinese automaker Nio

And they're demanding $2.3 million

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Chinese electric automaker Nio suffers data breach
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Chinese electric automaker Nio suffers data breach

Shanghai-based electric vehicle maker Nio has revealed that cybercriminals have stolen user and sales data, and are asking for about $2.3 million in Bitcoin to keep the information a secret.

The attackers sent Nio a blackmail message on 11th December, in which they claimed to have exfiltrated internal data from the company's systems. According to Nio's findings, the stolen data incl...

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