A miscreant claims to have broken into Capgemini and leaked a large amount of sensitive data stolen from the technology services giant – including source code, credentials, and T-Mobile’s virtual machine logs.
The French multinational IT and consulting firm did not immediately respond to The Register’s request for comment, and has yet to formally confirm or deny the cyber-criminal’s claims. We will update this story if and when a spokesperson replies to our inquiries. We had heard rumblings of a recent security breach at Capgemini, which earlier declined to comment on those rumors.
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Source: The Register
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