Suspected hackers claim to have stolen 250GB of data, including emails, NDAs, employee credentials and personal information
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Cybersecurity news website CyberNews reported on October 30 that hackers claimed to have stolen more than 250GB of company data from the vice president of an American comics publisher. visual media.
CyberNews said the hack was announced on an “underground data breach forum” often exploited by initial access brokers, a subset of cybercriminals who trade access keys to companies. A screenshot of a data breach forum posted by CyberNews lists the access rights associated with a “Google Account” visual media. The screenshot also states that “price starts at 5 figs,” possibly referring to the asking price for selling the information. CyberNews said only some of the allegedly stolen data was posted online.
The hackers claimed to have stolen emails, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), licensing agreements, employee credentials, future business plans, employee Social Security numbers, invoices and royalty statements.
Another screenshot posted by CyberNews purportedly shows the access the hackers had, including corporate Google Drive, Gmail accounts, visual mediainternal dashboard, as well as access Mediabox’s royalty management dashboard.
Researchers at CyberNews investigated posts on data breach forums and said the senior executive may have “[fallen] Victim of a social engineering attack resulting in unauthorized access [Viz Media‘s] internal system. ” The news outlet added that hackers may have gained access to a single person’s account.
CyberNews said it has been contacted visual media Haven’t received a reply yet. ANN also contacted visual media About the situation. Although the company is investigating the matter, nothing has been reported as of press time.
Researchers at Cyber News recommend visual media Respond quickly and triage potentially compromised data, as stolen data “could be used to compromise additional systems within the company to send convincing phishing messages to the company’s partners.”
ANN also contacted visual media Ask if the alleged hack might also have included customer information. again, visual media As of press time, there is no information to report, but the situation is being investigated.
visual media appointment Brad Woods became the new president and CEO in March. former president and chief executive officer Takeru Sasaki Serves as Chairman and Executive Advisor. corporate current Executive Vice President and General Counsel is Trevor Stordahl.
although visual media No other executives are listed on its website, and others listed on LinkedIn as vice presidents include: Candace Uilloan (Vice President of Marketing), Laura Takarazuka (Vice President of Consumer Products and Promotions), Carl Hayes (Vice President of Consumer Acquisition and Retention and Engineering) and Jeanne Egan Licciardi (Vice President of Administration, Human Resources and Corporate Support). An asked visual media If these individuals do currently hold vice president positions at the company, the company had not responded to ANN as of press time.
visual mediaThe X/Twitter account is hacked January.
source: network news (Vilius Petkauskas) via Security Daily Review
