Hackers steal 450GB of confidential data targeting AMD

At the end of last month, RansomHouse said that hackers stole 450Gb of data from AMD servers. RansomHouse describes itself as a community of professional mediators that help negotiate payments between hackers and companies being blackmailed.

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AMD servers were reportedly hacked as early as January 5, 2022. RansomHouse has now released some of the stolen data as evidence, including the passwords of some AMD employees and some system files.

According to RansomHouse, AMD has few security systems and many employees use simple passwords such as “password”, “123456” or “amd123”. AMD’s security department also used these passwords, and it was for this reason that the hackers stole the above-mentioned large amount of data.

What the hackers demanded of AMD is currently unknown, and RansomHouse has threatened to release the data some time in the near future unless AMD negotiates an agreement with RansomHouse and the hackers.

AMD has not confirmed the data breach, but provided RestorePrivacy with the following statement, “AMD is aware of a bad actor claiming to have data stolen from AMD and is currently investigating .”

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