NATO has confirmed that its IT staff is investigating claims about an alleged data-theft hack on the Communities of Curiosity (COI) Cooperation Portal by a hacking group generally known as SiegedSec.
The COI Cooperation Portal (dnbl.ncia.nato.int) is the navy alliance’s unclassified information-sharing and collaboration atmosphere, devoted to supporting NATO organizations and member nations.
Yesterday, the hacking group ‘SiegedSec’ posted on Telegram what they claimed to be tons of of paperwork stolen from the COI Cooperation Portal.
Cybersecurity firm CloudSEK analyzed the leaked knowledge and located that it includes 845MB of recordsdata, 8,000 rows of user-related delicate info, unclassified paperwork, and person account entry particulars.
The main points discovered within the leaked knowledge embody:
- Full title
- Firm/Unit
- Working group
- Job Title
- Enterprise E mail ID
- Residence deal with
- Photograph
CloudSEK’s evaluation signifies that the information leak, if confirmed, impacts 31 nations which are members of the NATO alliance.
In response to a request to touch upon the authenticity of the leaked knowledge, a NATO official informed BleepingComputer that they’re investigating the claims.
“NATO cyber consultants are actively trying into the latest claims related to a Communities of Curiosity Cooperation Portal,” a NATO spokesperson informed BleepingComputer.
“We face malicious cyber exercise each day and NATO and Allies are responding to this actuality, together with by strengthening our skill to detect, stop and reply to such actions.”
SiegedSec, who initially of the yr claimed a breach on the software program firm Atlassian, and leaked 1000’s of worker information, e mail addresses, cellphone numbers, names, and extra, doesn’t seem like financially motivated.
As an alternative, the menace actors are extra like hacktivists, who seem like extra occupied with leaking stolen knowledge and profiting from the generated chaos to make an announcement, or as they are saying, merely for enjoyable.
Referring to the alleged COI portal hack, SiegedSec says the assault is in protest to NATO member international locations’ assaults on human rights.
“We would like to emphasise this assault on NATO has nothing to do with the warfare between Russia and Ukraine, it is a retaliation towards the international locations of NATO for his or her assaults on human rights (- Additionally, its enjoyable to leak paperwork ^w&^),” SiegedSec wrote to their Telegram channel.
