Acer confirms server breach, hackers sell 160GB of stolen data
Computer maker Acer has confirmed that someone has hacked into one of its servers and is selling 160GB of data online that it claims is Acer's confidential information.
"We recently became aware of an incident of unauthorized access to our service technicians' documentation server," an Acer spokesman said Tuesday. "Our investigation is ongoing, but there is no indication that any consumer data was stored on the server. "
According to a Monday post on cybercrime forum BreachForums by a hacker who goes by the pseudonym Kernelware, the "various confidential material" stolen from Acer totaled 160GB, including 655 directories and 2,869 files.
Materials that Kernelware claims to have stolen include confidential slides and presentations, employee technical manuals, Windows image format files, binaries, backend infrastructure data, confidential product documentation, replacement digital product keys, ISO files, Windows system deployment image files, BIOS components and ROM files.
