Lone Hacker Used Infostealers to Access Data at 50 Global Companies

A Hudson Rock report reveals how an Iranian hacker named Zestix breached 50 global companies, including Iberia Airlines and Pickett & Associates, by using stolen passwords and a lack of MFA.

A lone hacker has managed to break into the private files of about 50 major companies around the world, including Pickett, Sekisui House, IFLUSAC, Iberia Airlines, K3G Solutions, CRRC MA, GreenBills, and CiberC, reveals the latest research by the Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock conducted for its sister site Infostealers.com.

Researchers identified the attacker who is believed to be an Iranian national operating under the online names Zestix and Sentap. This individual is currently auctioning off massive amounts of stolen corporate data on dark web forums to the highest bidder.

While we might expect these large organisations to be hard to get into, this wasn’t a very difficult job for the hacker. However, researchers noted that the ...