Crimson Collective’s Red Hat Heist: Hackers Claim to Steal 570GB of Data in Epic Breach
The Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, snatching 570GB of data. Red Hat admits to a security incident but refuses to confirm the hack. Meanwhile, their response to the extortion demand? A templated “submit a vulnerability report” email. Talk about adding insult to injury!
Hot Take:
Well, it seems the Crimson Collective has been busy playing a high-stakes game of digital Jenga with Red Hat’s data stack. Let’s hope they don’t pull the wrong block and bring the whole tower down on us!
Key Points:
- The Crimson Collective claims to have nabbed 570GB of data from Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories.
- This heist includes around 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs) full of juicy, sensitive info.
- Red Hat confirmed a security incident but plays coy about the details of the breach.
- Hackers flaunt their supposed spoils on Telegram, listing big-name clients like Bank of America and Walmart.
- Red Hat’s response to the ransom demand was more “report-a-bug” than “pay-the-hackers”.
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