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Data breach

Hacker claims data theft from McDonald's, Vodafone and other firms' Azure

First reported · Last reported · 7 related reports

A data theft attack through stolen credentials targeting the Azure environments of major companies including McDonald's and Vodafone came to light. The hacker claimed to have stolen 3.6 million Azure account records. TheHatman's attack targets were later listed as nine companies, but whether the actual scale of damage was confirmed has not been revealed.

Key facts

Affected organisation
McDonald's
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Claimed theft of 3.6 million records from nine companies
Cause / method
Theft of Azure cloud credentials
Location
Other countries

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Timeline

  1. An Azure credential theft attack targeting companies including McDonald's and Vodafone came to light, and the hacker claimed to have stolen 3.6 million account records.
  2. The hacker's further claim of stealing millions of records from corporate Azure tenants was reported.
  3. Nine companies and 3.6 million records were listed as targets of TheHatman's Azure attack.

7 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.