HPE is investigating a security breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive data

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach after a well-known hacker allegedly stole sensitive data from the company.

A hacker using the pseudonym “IntelBroker” claims to have stolen a lot of information. HPEthe enterprise IT division of hardware giant HP.

In a post on a popular cybercrime forum seen by TechCrunch on January 16, IntelBroker said the stolen data included product source code, private GitHub repositories, as well as access keys to several HPE services, including the API and platforms such as WePay, GitHub and GitLab. .

The hacker, who previously claimed to have hacked tech giants including AMD, Cisco and Nokia, also said they accessed HPE user data, including personally identifiable information related to past shipments.

HPE spokeswoman Laura von Pentz told TechCrunch, “HPE became aware on January 16th of claims by a group called IntelBroker that it had access to data related to HPE. HPE immediately activated our cyber response protocols, revoked the associated credentials, and began an investigation to assess the credibility of the allegations.

“There is currently no operational impact to our business, nor is there any evidence that customer data was involved.”

When asked by TechCrunch, HPE declined to say how it made the compromise. IntelBroker, which claims to have sold data allegedly stolen from HPE, did not respond to TechCrunch’s questions.

Almost exactly a year ago, HPE confirmed that Midnight Blizzard, a Russian-linked hacking group had compromised the cloud-based email environment. The company said it “obtained information” from a “small percentage” of mailboxes after hackers “used a stolen account to access internal HPE mailboxes.”