Acer has announced that it has been hacked, as 160GB worth of company data has been put for sale online.
The threat actor responsible for the breach has yet to be tracked.
The threat actor has stated that they will only accept Monero cryptocurrency and will only sell with escrow.
- Hackers have stolen information such as;
- Confidential presentations,
- Manuals for technical issues,
- Windows Imaging Format files,
- Replacement Digital Product Keys,
- ISO files,
- Backend infrastructure,
- Confidential product model documentation,
- Windows System Deployment Image files, etc.
- Over 655 directories and 2,869 files have been stolen.
- The breach occurred in February 2022.
The electronics company has been previously targeted by hackers multiple times. In March 2021, the company was hacked by the REvil ransomware gang. The threat actor demanded $50M in exchange for decrypting the data.
- In October 2021, Acer's after-sales systems in India were breached by Desorden. Tens of thousands of customers had their data stolen.
