The Anodot hack leaves a dozen companies vulnerable to hacking

Hackers have reportedly stolen data from at least a dozen companies after breaching business software. Anodotleaving its customers at risk of being hacked and at risk of having their data spread over the internet.

Rest computer, among the first to report violation of Anodot, and BBC news they all reported that the ShinyHunters hacking group threatened to release the stolen data if their ransom demands were not met.

The breach is the latest example of hackers targeting software used by corporate giants to steal sensitive data from multiple companies at once.

Anodot, which helps its clients to monitor outflows and other factors that may affect their ability to make money, said. on his website that the incident began on April 4, when the company’s data connections stopped working, preventing its customers from accessing their data stored in the cloud.

According to reports, the hackers broke into Anodot and stole the authentication credentials that its customers use to access their data in the cloud. Using the credentials, the hackers stole customer data from the cloud storage.

Another cloud storage provider, Snowflake, cut off Anodot’s customers from their cloud data after noticing “unusual activity” in some data centers, Bleeping Computer said.

One of the companies affected is said to be Rockstar Games, which makes the video games Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne, on. Kotaku gaming news.

“We can confirm that a small amount of non-material company information was obtained in connection with a third-party data breach. This incident does not affect our team or our players,” Rockstar spokesperson Murphy Siegel told TechCrunch in an email.

Rockstar Games was also it was broken in 2022when hackers stole and published the first trailer for the company’s upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto VI.

Snowflake did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment on Monday. Glassbox, which owns Anodot, also did not respond to a request for comment.

ShinyHunters is an English-speaking hacker group known for stealing information and extorting victims. The hackers are known for their technical skills, such as posing as IT desks and other agents to trick employees of large companies into giving them access to company accounts or network systems.

This group focuses on companies that store a lot of data in the cloud storage. Over the past year, ShinyHunters has focused on companies like Anodot, Awarenessand Salesloftwhich allows their customers to access and analyze large datasets in their cloud storage, in order to try to steal passwords and credentials. In some cases, the stolen content contains symbols that allow hackers to breach other companies.