Swedish automotive manufacturer Scania has confirmed suffering a cyberattack which saw it lose sensitive customer data.
Security researchers Hackmanac found a new thread on a dark web forum, in which a database allegedly stolen from ‘insurance.scania.com’ was being offered for sale to an exclusive buyer for an unknown sum of money. “hi guys. we hacked new target and selling full attachment of ‘insurance.scania.com’. Full attached files is 34,000 and first time hacked + just will 1 hand sell,” the ad, published in both English and Russian, reads. “few pic attached with remarks (for no one cant copy and scam people).”
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