More than 8,000 Heineken employees affected by suspected cyberattack

More than 8,000 Heineken employees affected by suspected cyberattack

A malicious actor has cataloged the data of more than 8,000 employees of Dutch multinational brewing company Heineken.

According to threat actor “888” on BreachForums, the data breach occurred earlier this month and was listed on the hacking forum on June 2.

The threat actor, 888, claims to have exfiltrated the data of 8,174 employees across a number of countries, with data including IDs, full names, email addresses, company roles and more Again.

As is common practice, 888 released a sample data, which shows details of 10 users from countries including Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

One of the samples listed appears to be the contact details of someone working in the alcohol supply chain of a foreign brewery, which could indicate that users from third-party organizations that have worked with Heineken may be affected. However, this has not been verified by Cyber ​​Daily.

The data is listed for access on BreachForums behind a paywall, indicating that this is not a ransom incident, which would be rare for the platform.

Heineken has not yet released a statement on the alleged incident. Cyber ​​Daily has reached out to Heineken for a statement and additional information about the breach.

Last year, Heineken was involved in a major third-party supply chain attack that affected more than 1.5 million people. Malicious actors hacked into the systems of a Dutch software provider that Heineken had used to conduct market research and surveys for its events. The data included age, gender, education, email addresses and more.

This is also not the first rodeo for 888, known for its high-profile data leaks. More recently, 888 listed large multinational oil and gas company Shell on BreachForums, downloading 80,000 lines of data belonging to customers in nine countries, including Australia.

The threat actor, 888, posted a sample of the allegedly stolen data, with the details of 10 people, all of whom are Australians shopping at Shell Coles Express stores.