Sunway Group, Malaysia’s largest conglomerate was targeted by the threat actors known as ALTDOS.
The threat actor also dumped the stolen data due to a no-response from the company.
The dumped data included two files, one of which was a spread sheet with personal information on 1,000 students and their parents. The fields included what form (grade) the student was in, their name, IC, email address, phone number, state, and school, as well as parental information including the parent’s name, email address, and contact phone number.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/altdos-claims-to-have-hacked-one-of-malaysias-biggest-conglomerates/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/sunway-group
"id": "sun213813123",
"linkid": "sunway-group",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Conglomerate',
'location': 'Malaysia',
'name': 'Sunway Group',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'file_types_exposed': ['Spreadsheet'],
'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
'IC',
'Email Address',
'Phone Number',
'State',
'School',
"Parent's Name",
"Parent's Email "
'Address',
"Parent's Contact "
'Phone Number'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student Information',
'Parental Information']},
'description': 'Sunway Group, Malaysia’s largest conglomerate, was targeted '
'by the threat actors known as ALTDOS. The threat actor dumped '
'the stolen data due to a no-response from the company. The '
'dumped data included two files, one of which was a '
'spreadsheet with personal information on 1,000 students and '
'their parents. The fields included what form (grade) the '
'student was in, their name, IC, email address, phone number, '
'state, and school, as well as parental information including '
'the parent’s name, email address, and contact phone number.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'threat_actor': 'ALTDOS',
'title': 'Sunway Group Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}