Disney hit by cyberattack, leaking more than 1TB of internal Slack data
A “hacktivist group” has launched a cyberattack, leaking 1.1 TB of data from almost 10,000 corporate channels belonging to Disney on the Slack platform.
A self-proclaimed hacktivist group calling itself NullBulge claims to have hacked the account of the Slack platform belonging to Walt Disney Co. and has released more than 1.1 terabytes of data.
NullBulge, which claims to protect the rights of artists to ensure fair compensation for their work, shared news of the hack on its website's blog.
Data stolen from almost 10,000 Slack channels belonging to Disney
According to the publication, the data stolen from Disney’s Slack account includes 1.1 terabytes of data across nearly 10,000 channels, including all possible messages and files. “Unreleased projects, raw images and code, some logins, links to internal web pages/api, and more! Have fun examining it, there is a lot there,” the group shared on their blog.
“We tried to hold on until we went deeper, but our man inside got cold feet and kicked us out! I thought we had something special, Matthew J. Van Andel,” the publication also said.
According to his LinkedIn profile, which has since been deleted, Andel is a software development manager at Disney, but it is not clear if NullBulge was referring to whether it was Andel who gave them access and then cut it off or who discovered the hack and cut off access.
READ ALSO: Gulp! Bud Light slips down further
READ ALSO: Bissell recalls popular TikTok steam cleaner
“Consider literally deleting all personal information you have, from logins to credit cards to SSNs as a warning to people in the future,” the group added.
NullBulge states on its website that its mission is to “implement ways to ensure that theft from artists is reduced and promote a fair and sustainable ecosystem for creators. Our hacks are not out of malice, but rather to punish those caught stealing. Large and small thefts suffer the same fate.”
“Be careful where you get your content, because we will work tirelessly to develop and implement solutions that protect rights and livelihoods of artists in the digital age.”
The group told the Wall Street Journal that it had attacked Disney “because of the way it handles artists’ contracts, its approach to AI and its blatant disregard for the consumer.” Disney told the WSJ that it is “investigating the matter.”