HPE is investigating a security breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive data

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach after a known hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive information from the company.

The hacker, who uses the alias “IntelBroker”, claims to have stolen a large trove of data from… HPEthe enterprise IT division of hardware giant HP.

In a post on a popular cybercrime forum on January 16, seen by TechCrunch, IntelBroker said the stolen data included product source code, private GitHub repositories, as well as access keys to several HPE services, including APIs and platforms like WePay, GitHub, and GitLab. . .

The hacker, who previously claimed to have breached tech giants including AMD, Cisco and Nokia, says they gained access to HPE user data, including personally identifiable information related to previous deliveries.

In a statement to TechCrunch, HPE spokeswoman Laura von Bentz said: “HPE became aware on January 16 of allegations made by a group called IntelBroker that it was in possession of information belonging to HPE. HPE immediately activated our cyber response protocols, disabling the relevant credentials.” , and launched an investigation to evaluate the validity of the claims.

“There is no operational impact on our business at this time, and there is no evidence that customer information was involved.”

When asked by TechCrunch, HPE declined to say how it was hacked. IntelBroker, which claims to be selling data allegedly stolen from HPE, did not respond to TechCrunch’s questions.

Nearly a year ago, HPE confirmed that Midnight Blizzard, a hacking group linked to Russia, Its cloud email environment has been hacked. The company said the hackers “were able to access and filter data” from a “small percentage” of mailboxes after “leveraging a compromised account to access HPE’s internal email boxes.”