The lockdown of Garmin's online services has been ongoing since last Thursday (July 23, 2020). According to news reports, Garmin shut down its IT completely after the hacker attack to prevent further damage for the time being. This has also affected the production line in Taiwan, which is currently at a standstill.

Forbes magazine speaks of a ransom demand in the amount of ten million dollars. Data decryption is very time-consuming, which is why users may not have access to their data for a while. Often, however, this data cannot be recovered even after a ransom has been paid. Against this background, there is a risk that Garmin users will lose their data stored in the Garmin cloud unless it is still stored on the navigation device. According to Garmin, however, no data was stolen in the hacker attack.