Kodak confirms breach as ShinyHunters’ leak threat reaches deadline


The Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating a security breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed responsibility for the incident.

Kodak is the latest organization to land on the group’s leak site. ShinyHunters claims it stole more than 2.2 million records and threatened to publish the data unless the company responded by June 18.

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Source:  MalwareBytes Labs


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