Hackers Claim Second Dell Data Breach in One Week

Hackers claim a second Dell data breach within a week, exposing sensitive internal files via compromised Atlassian tools. Allegedly, data from Jira, Jenkins, and Confluence was leaked. Dell is already investigating the first incident.

On September 19, 2024, Hackread.com published an exclusive report detailing claims of a Dell data breach involving sensitive information related to 10,863 Dell employees. The same hacker behind the original breach is now claiming that Dell has been “breached again,” suggesting a larger ongoing issue.

The hacker, who operates under the alias “grep” on the infamous cybercrime platform Breach Forums, posted these claims on Sunday, September 22, 2024. In this post, “grep” revealed that Dell has suffered another significant breach, this time with the help of a fellow hacker known as “Chucky.” Together, they allegedly compromised Dell’s internal systems, exposing confidential data.

According to “grep,” the breach contains data related to Jira files, database tables, and schema migrations, amounting to a total of 3.5 GB of uncompressed data. The hackers claim to have gained access by compromising Dell’s Atlassian software suite, including Jenkins and Confluence, widely used tools for software development and collaboration.

Here’s the exact message shared by the hacker on the forum:

Compromised data: Jira’s files, DB tables, schema migration, etc., totalling 3.5GB uncompressed. This time, it was breached by Chucky. Before Dell makes any claims, we both compromised your Atlassian and accessed Jenkins, Confluence, etc.
GDPR said time is ticking, by the way, xD.

The hacker on Breach Forum announcing his leak (Screenshot credit: Hackread.com)

In response to the first alleged breach, Dell told Hackread.com that it was aware of the situation and had launched an investigation. However, as of now, the company has not addressed the latest breach claims.

The Hackread.com research team has analyzed some of the files and determined that they likely contain sensitive information about Dell’s internal infrastructure. This includes system configurations, user credentials, security vulnerabilities, and development processes. If confirmed, this information could potentially be leveraged to target Dell’s systems on a much larger scale.

Further review of the leaked files suggests that they belong to a variety of enterprise tools and environments used by Dell, including Jira, database tables, schemas, and Atlassian tools such as Jenkins and Confluence. For security reasons, we are withholding specific details of the compromised files.

Screenshot from the leaked data Screenshot credit: Hackread.com)

Hackread.com has reached out to Dell for a comment and will update this article as the story develops.

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