Lawrence Abrams reports:
Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum.
“Cisco is aware of reports that an actor is alleging to have gained access to certain Cisco-related files,” a Cisco spokesperson told BleepingComputer.
“We have launched an investigation to assess this claim, and our investigation is ongoing.”
This statement comes after a well-known threat actor named “IntelBroker” said that he and two others called “EnergyWeaponUser and “zjj” breached Cisco on October 6, 2024, and stole a large amount of developer data from the company.
Read more at Bleeping Computer.