A hacker named Rey exfiltrated tens of thousands of records from Orange Romania
They demanded payment, but Orange refused
The company is now investigating claims of data theft
Orange Group has confirmed suffering a cyberattack recently, but has said it is still looking into claims of valuable data was stolen.
A member of the HellCat ransomware organization, alias Rey, held access to a “non-critical application”, belonging to Orange Romania, the company’s local branch. They obtained the access by exploiting compromised credentials and flaws in Jira.