Security firm Check Point confirms data breach, but says users have nothing to worry about


A hacker is claiming to have stolen a “highly sensitive” dataset from Check Point – but the company is looking to play down any concerns users might have.

The cybercriminal, going by the name of CoreInjection, posted about the dataset of compromised Check Point files on a cybercrime forum – and alleges that the information contains user credentials, employee contract information, and internal network maps, among other things. A spokesperson from Check Point told TechRadar Pro that they “really wouldn’t call it a breach”, and added that this was “one account with limited access on a portal”. The firm’s statement assures that this is an “old, known and very pinpointed event,” that only involved a few organizations, and “ does not include customers’ systems , production or security architecture.”

Read more…
Source: TechRadar Pro


Sign up for our Newsletter
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox.


Related:

  • Email Attacks Drive Record Cybercrime Losses in 2024

    May 1, 2025

    The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2024 Internet Crime Report. And it has revealed a record-breaking surge in cybercrime losses across the United States. Last year, total losses reached $16.6 billion, which is a 33% increase from the previous year. Email continues to be the most exploited attack vector, with cybercriminals using ...

  • Health insurance firm Blue Shield data breach exposed data of over 4.7 million members

    April 24, 2025

    Health insurance firm Blue Shield has revealed a data breach has exposed protected health data of over 4.7 million members. The information was leaked to Google’s analytics and advertisement platforms following a misconfiguration of Google analytics on Blue Shield sites. “On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics ...

  • Over 1.6 million customers now hit in massive insurance data breach

    April 17, 2025

    More than 1.6 million people are now thought to have been affected by the May 2024 cyberattack at Landmark Admin, twice as many as originally thought. The company confirmed the news in an updated report filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General. “The forensic investigation determined that data was encrypted and exfiltrated from Landmark’s ...

  • Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

    April 16, 2025

    Traffic from “bad bots”—those created with malicious intent—first surpassed good bot traffic in 2016, Imperva’s research said, and it’s been getting worse. Bad bots comprised 37% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 32% the year prior. Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic. Bad bots do all kinds of unpleasant things. An ...

  • Hertz Data Breach Included Credit Card, Personal Data

    April 15, 2025

    The car-rental company Hertz is warning its customers that a data breach exposed personal information including driver’s licenses, credit-card data, contact information and in some cases social security or passport numbers. The company said that hackers breached Cleo Communications, a company that it works with for file transfers. The company said in a “Notice of Data ...

  • Why Cloud Misconfigurations Remain A Top Cause Of Data Breaches

    April 8, 2025

    It’s 2025, and the industry has built some of the most advanced cloud environments ever seen—automated deployments, real-time threat detection and infrastructure that scales with just a few lines of code. Yet, data breaches aren’t slowing down—why? Because a single misconfiguration—often as simple as an overly permissive IAM role or an exposed storage bucket—can wreck everything. ...