AGI Anonymous has published the database of the world’s largest food company, Nestlé. 10 gigabytes of data, emails, passwords, Nestlé corporate customers were extracted along with a sample of data from more than 50,000 corporate customers.
The action, which the hacking collective claimed on Twitter with the hashtag #BoycottNestle, came after the collective gave the company 48 hours to leave Vladimir Putin’s Russia following the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
JUST IN: The #Anonymous Collective has leaked the database of the world’s largest food company, Nestlé. Leaked 10GB data of emails, passwords, Nestlé business customers, etc. #OpRussia #boykottestel #PullOutOfRussia pic.twitter.com/rvVkn0ygxj
Anonymous TV (@YourAnonTV) March 22, 2022
On March 2, the American company distanced itself from the war in a press release that was also distributed via social media (“It’s not a solution”) and sided with the international community and for peace.
Nestle (@Nestle) March 2, 2022
In 2021, three out of four attacks hit with unprecedented malware
Worrying numbers and a growing trend. This was revealed by Yoroi in the annual report on the cybersecurity of Italian companies and institutions. “Phishing and spear phishing are the most adopted vectors in 2021 to start the attack chain.”
In the past year, the two major phenomena observed in relation to IT security were “double extortion and supply chain attacks.
The telemetry offered by the Yoroi platform allowed extracting a set of statistics on “zeroday malware” attacks, ie malware unknown to antivirus signatures, which accounts for 76% of zeroday malware threats. In this context, according to the report, phishing and spear phishing are the most commonly used vectors in 2021 to start the attack chain.