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'}