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Hewlett-Packard investigating potential security breach


Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has launched an investigation into a potential data breach after a well-known hacker claimed that he stole sensitive corporate information from the company.

In a message on a popular hacking forum on the dark web, IntelBroker states that he was able to exfiltrate information that HPE doesn’t want to appear in the public domain, including source code from private GitHub repositories, as well as access keys to several HPE services, including APIs and platforms like WePay, GitHub and GitLab.

In addition, he allegedly was able to lay his hands on personally identifiable information related to past deliveries.

In a statement to news outlets like BleepingComputer and TechCrunch, HPE spokesperson Laura von Pentz said that the company became aware of the claims made by IntelBroker on January 16.

“HPE immediately activated our cyber response protocols, disabled related credentials, and launched an investigation to evaluate the validity of the claims. There is no operational impact to our business at this time, nor evidence that customer information is involved,” she told the media outlets.

When asked how the attacker was able to infiltrate HPE’s corporate network, the spokesperson wouldn’t answer. IntelBroker also didn’t respond to this question.

IntelBroker is a well-known hacker, probably best-known for the data breach at DC Health Link in March 2023. DC Health Link is an organization that administers the health care plans of United States House members, staff and their families. Personal information of roughly 170,000 individuals was stolen.

Other data breaches IntelBroker claims to be responsible for include AMD, Cisco, T-Mobile, Apple, Home Depot, the US State Department, Zscaler, Ford, General Electric Aviation, and the Europol Expert Platform (EPE).

In May 2023, HPE revealed that its Microsoft Office 365 environment was breached by attackers believed to be part of a hacking group known as APT29, which is linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).


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