Europol has launched an investigation after a well-known black hat hacker has offered to sell classified data allegedly stolen from the law enforcement agency's systems.
IntelBroker posted several screenshots to demonstrate his claims, including ones apparently showing access to the EPE platform, as well as emails, a presentation marked 'confidential', and a user database sample associated with the EPEs Secure Platform for Accredited Cybercrime Experts site.
On May 11 the hacker updated his initial post, claiming that the data had been sold.
The law enforcement agency said an investigation is being conducted and initial actions have already been taken.
The EPE website is down at the time of writing, displaying an 'under maintenance' message.
IntelBroker recently claimed to have hacked cybersecurity firm Zscaler and offered to sell access to the company's systems.
Zscaler is conducting an investigation, but so far it has found no evidence that production, customer and corporate environments have been impacted.
The company did find a test environment that was exposed to the internet, but did not specifically say whether that system was involved in the breach.
IntelBroker has been offering to sell data allegedly stolen from government organizations and high-profile companies since at least late 2022.
While in many cases the data appeared to be valid, some of the hacker's claims seemed false or exaggerated.
This Cyber News was published on www.securityweek.com. Publication date: Mon, 13 May 2024 16:13:05 +0000