HPE begins to alert victims of data violation after the Russian government hack

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has begun to alert people whose personal information was stolen during a 2023 cyberettack, which the company accused Russian government hackers.

HPE has so far alerted more than twelve people whose data had been stolen on Cyberettack, according to TechCrunch’s review of violations submitted by at least two US general lawyers.

Violable data included social security numbers, driving license information and credit card numbers per deposit With the state of Massachusetts.

The breach is related to a May 2023 invasion authority in HPE email mailboards and SharePoint systems mentioned in Microsoft SharePoint software that allows companies to build Intranet gates, both are hosted by Microsoft. HPE publicly published the incident in January 2024, confirming that hackers enraged the contents of a “small number” of email mailboxes and some SharePoint files.

HPE said hackers used “a compromised account to access HPE internal e -mail boxes in Office 365’s email environment”. HPE later told regulators that the stolen mailbox data belonged mainly to safety people in the cyberspace, market and business teams of HPE.

When achieved by TechCrunch, HPE Adam R. Bauer’s spokesman refused to disclose the total number of people affected by the violation, but stated that the data affected “were limited to information contained in user mailboxes, including some employees. HPE and a small number of customers whose information is contained in emails.

The HPE spokesman reiterated Hack’s performance in a group named Midnight Blizzard, which security researchers say it is linked to the Russian foreign intelligence service known as SVR. Midnight Blizzard (also known as Apt29 and Cozy Bear) has been linked to a series of high profile attacks, including the 2019 Solarwinds espionage campaign aimed at the federal government.

Microsoft also confirmed in January 2024 that its corporate network was at stake by midnight Blizzard. Microsoft said Russian hackers were targeting the company’s executives’ email accounts, as well as the senior staff working in cyber security, which Microsoft said was likely to find out what the company knows about hackers itself .

Was updated by comment by HPE.