Apple

Apple

The customer data of Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. was leaked to hackers who impersonates themselves as law enforcement officials in a forged emergency data requests.

The leaked information included the basic subscriber details, such as a customer’s address, phone number and IP address.

The company soon blocked the known compromised accounts from making requests and worked with law enforcement to respond to incidents involving suspected fraudulent requests.

Source: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-meta-gave-user-data-175918825.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/apple

"id": "app024522",
"linkid": "apple",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'Cupertino, CA, USA',
                        'name': 'Apple Inc.',
                        'size': 'Large',
                        'type': 'Corporation'},
                       {'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'Menlo Park, CA, USA',
                        'name': 'Meta Platforms Inc.',
                        'size': 'Large',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Social Engineering',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['address',
                                                         'phone number',
                                                         'IP address'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['subscriber details']},
 'description': 'The customer data of Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. was '
                'leaked to hackers who impersonated themselves as law '
                'enforcement officials in forged emergency data requests. The '
                'leaked information included basic subscriber details, such as '
                'a customer’s address, phone number, and IP address. The '
                'companies blocked the known compromised accounts from making '
                'requests and worked with law enforcement to respond to '
                'incidents involving suspected fraudulent requests.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['subscriber details',
                                 'address',
                                 'phone number',
                                 'IP address']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Forged emergency data requests'},
 'motivation': 'Data Theft',
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Blocked known compromised accounts '
                                       'from making requests'],
              'law_enforcement_notified': True},
 'threat_actor': 'Hackers',
 'title': 'Customer Data Leak via Forged Emergency Data Requests',
 'type': 'Data Leak',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Impersonation of law enforcement officials'}
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