Claims of data leak affecting thousands of IBM employees
Claims emerged that IBM employee information had been leaked in a cyber-attack. Threat actor 888 claimed that the information of thousands of employees had been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- IBM
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Claimed leak of information on thousands of employees
- Cause / method
- Claimed leak resulting from a cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- Threat actor 888 claimed that information on thousands of IBM employees had been leaked.
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