The Red Hat data breach is worse than first thought

The situation regarding Red Hat’s recent data breach is worsening – both for the company and for its customers. With GitLab instances belonging to the company having been breached by the Crimson Collective, hundreds of gigabytes of data were stolen. Now the data breach has transformed into a demand for ransom – perhaps predictably. Interestingly, though, the extortion is not being perpetrated by the Crimson Collective, but by ShinyHunters. As reported by Bleeping Computer, ShinyHunters have now contacted Red Hat and has leaked limited samples of stolen customer engagement reports. The data breach is now much more complicated than anyone… [Continue Reading]