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Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Dissent

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.

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