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Hewlett Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach after a well - know hacker claimed to have steal sensitive information from the troupe .
The hacker , who uses the alias “ IntelBroker , ” claims to have stolen a trove of data fromHPE , the enterprise IT division of ironware giant HP .
In a post on a popular cybercrime meeting place on January 16 , seen by TechCrunch , IntelBroker said the stolen data point includes ware source codification , individual GitHub secretary , as well as access tonality to several HPE service , let in genus Apis and platform like WePay , GitHub , and GitLab .
The hacker , who has previously lay claim to have breached engineering giants including AMD , Cisco , and Nokia , also say they accessed HPE user data , include in person identifiable information related to past deliveries .
In a statement to TechCrunch , HPE spokesperson Laura von Pentz sound out , “ HPE became aware on January 16 of call being made by a group bid IntelBroker that it was in possession of info belonging to HPE . HPE immediately spark off our cyber response protocols , disabled related certification , and launched an probe to evaluate the rigour of the claims .
“ There is no operational impact to our business at this time , nor evidence that customer selective information is involved . ”
When asked by TechCrunch , HPE wane to say how it was compromised . IntelBroker , who claims to be sell the datum allegedly stolen from HPE , did not respond to TechCrunch ’s questions .
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Almost exactly a year ago , HPE affirm that Midnight Blizzard , a Russia - link hacking chemical group , had compromised its cloud - base e-mail environment . The company said hacker had “ accessed and exfiltrated information ” from a “ small percentage ” of postbox after “ leverage a compromised account to get at internal HPE electronic mail boxes . ”
