"Acer Confirms Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Stolen Data"

Electronics giant Acer has recently confirmed getting hacked after a hacker offered to sell 2,800 files totaling 160 Gb that was allegedly stolen from the company’s systems.  The company stated that they have recently detected an incident of unauthorized access to one of their document servers for repair technicians.  The company noted that while their investigation is ongoing, there is currently no indication that any consumer data was stored on that server.  The cybercriminal claims the files include confidential slides, staff manuals, confidential product documentation, binary files, information on backend infrastructure, disk images, replacement digital product keys, and BIOS-related information.  The hacker claimed the data was stolen in mid-February.

SecurityWeek reports: "Acer Confirms Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Stolen Data"