IT Home reported on December 28 that according to the official press release of Yakult, the company was hacked by the hacker team Dragonforce on December 15, and the hackers paralyzed the IT system of Yakult Australia and New Zealand branches, and leaked 9519 GB of data.
Yakult claimed that researchers are currently unable to confirm "exactly how the incident happened" and that the company is working with multiple security services to provide "further information" in the future.
According to foreign media BleepingComputer, the hacker team Dragonforce released part of Yakult's privacy data on the dark web on December 20, involving private content such as databases, contracts, and employee passports. and demanded that Yakult pay an "appropriate ransom" or else all data would be published.
IT Home noticed that Dragonforce is an emerging hacker team, and foreign media mentioned that "the outside world knows little about the hacker team at present", but the hacker team previously claimed that "it has attacked 20 companies" and released the internal business documents of some of the victim companies. [*it house].Overview of the event
According to the latest news, Yakult was hacked by the hacker team Dragonforce on December 15, 2023, and the hackers paralyzed the IT system of Yakult Australia and New Zealand and leaked 9519GB of data. This data includes private content such as the company's databases, contracts, and employee passports.
Impact
Yakult is working with a number of security services, who claim to provide "further information" in the future. However, because the hacker team DragonForce published part of Yakult's private data on the dark web on December 20, and demanded that Yakult pay an "appropriate ransom" or publish all the data information.
Hacker team
It is understood that DragonForce is an emerging hacking team that claims to have "carried out attacks on 20 companies" and released internal business documents of some of the victim companies. However, very little is known about the hacking team at the moment.
Summary
The Yakult data breach is yet another reminder of the need for businesses to strengthen their cybersecurity protections to prevent such incidents from happening. At the same time, individuals should also improve their awareness of cyber security and protect their personal information. [*Internet].
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