While a number of articles have come out in recent weeks concerning data leaks here or elsewhere (Free, Boulanger, Cultura, Tile,… non-exhaustive list), SFR is once again in the news, to its great disappointment, following the announcement of the hacker group Near2tlg claiming to have the data of more than 3.6 million of the operator's customers.
It seems, however, as reported Clubicthat the reality is a little different. Initially, these hackers claimed responsibility for the attack on SFR's SIBO360 in-house software on November 24, a software allowing access to the vast customer database of the red square. For this, as is customary, the group of thugs published a sample of these files, thus proving its “good faith”.
Surprisingly, the group only asked for a sum that seemed ridiculously low (€500) for such a quantity of files, and the operator for his part strongly contested the reality of the hack, arguing that the sample presented came from the attack of September duly reported to the authorities, as any sensitive company is obliged to do.
Furious at being contradicted in this way, our margoulins went all out: they put the complete file online, free of charge. For what ? It would seem that the buccaneers, in need of recognition in an area where competition is tough, wanted to strike a major blow in order to prove their seriousness. Bad luck, they are once again contradicted by SFR: the complete file, after examination, seems to contain numerous duplicates, incomplete or corrupt elements, and is more reminiscent of a compilation of old packages (in every sense of the word ) than a real new leak.
In any case, the aigrefins of Near2tlg should be talked about again sooner or later: they have officially announced (yes, we are there…) that they have the SNCF among their next targets. Even if this latest coup seems to be a bluff, it remains to be hoped that the French carrier will redouble its vigilance, between the calls for strikes and the capricious weather, it would be a shame to add a hack to derail the business.
