Saudi Aramco data breach sees 1 TB stolen data for sale

guest · Jul 19, 2021

Saudi Aramco data breach sees 1 TB stolen data for sale
July 19, 2021
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...o-data-breach-sees-1-tb-stolen-data-for-sale/

Attackers have stolen 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco and are offering it for sale on the darknet.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Saudi Aramco, is one of the largest public petroleum and natural gas companies in the world.

The threat actors are offering Saudi Aramco's data starting at a negotiable price of $5 million.
Saudi Aramco has pinned this data incident on third-party contractors and tells BleepingComputer that the incident had no impact on Aramco's operations.
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"Zero-day exploitation" used to breach network
This month, a threat actor group known as ZeroX is offering 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco for sale.

ZeroX claims the data was stolen by hacking Aramco's "network and its servers," sometime in 2020.
When asked by BleepingComputer as to what method was used to gain access to the systems, the group did not explicitly spell out the vulnerability but instead called it "zero-day exploitation."
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Samples released by ZeroX on the leak site have personally identifiable information (PII) redacted, and a 1 GB sample alone costs US$2,000, paid as Monero (XMR).

The threat actor, however, did share a few recent unredacted documents with BleepingComputer for confirmation.
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hawki · Jul 21, 2021

"Saudi Aramco facing $50M cyber extortion over leaked data

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used in a cyber-extortion attempt involving a $50 million ransom demand — likely came from one of its contractors..."

https://apnews.com/article/technology-middle-east-business-religion-b449557e2db93e9e106cda6c085667e9

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