Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach by a hacker known to have stolen sensitive information from the company.
A hacker named “IntelBroker” claims to have stolen a database. HPEThe enterprise IT division of hardware giant HP.
In a Jan. 16 post on a popular cybercrime forum seen by TechCrunch, IntelBroker said the stolen data included product source code; Private GitHub repositories as well as API and WePay; It also includes access keys to many HPE services, including APIs and platforms such as GitHub and GitLab. .
AMD The hacker, which previously claimed to have breached tech giants including Cisco and Nokia, said it accessed HPE user data, including personally identifiable information related to past deliveries.
In a statement to TechCrunch, HPE spokeswoman Laura von Pentz said, “On January 16th, HPE learned that HPE was in possession of information related to complaints made by a group called IntelBroker. HPE immediately activated our cyber response protocols, disabled relevant evidence and began an investigation to assess the validity of the claims.
“There is no impact on our business at this time, and there is no evidence that customer information was involved.”
When asked by TechCrunch, HPE declined to say how the deal was made. IntelBroker, which claims to be selling data it allegedly stole from HPE, did not respond to TechCrunch's questions.
Almost a year ago, HPE announced that Midnight Blizzard, a hacker group linked to Russia. Its cloud-based email environment was compromised.. The company said the hackers “accessed and extracted data” from a “small percentage” of mailboxes after using a compromised account to access internal HPE email mailboxes.