CrowdStrike fires a “suspicious insider” who passed information to hackers

Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike has confirmed the firing last month of a “suspicious insider” who allegedly provided a notorious hacking group with information about the company.

The hacking group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters posted screenshots late Thursday and Friday morning in a public Telegram channel that allegedly showed internal access to CrowdStrike’s systems. screenshots, Which was witnessed by TechCrunchview dashboards with links to company resources, including Okta’s user dashboard that employees use to access internal applications.

Hackers in a Telegram channel claimed to have hacked CrowdStrike through Recent hack at Gainsighta CRM company that helps Salesforce customers track and manage their customer data. The hackers said they used information stolen from Gainsight to break into CrowdStrike.

But CrowdStrike says the hackers’ claims are “false,” and says it terminated the insider’s access after the company “determined he had shared images of his computer screen externally.”

“Our systems were never compromised and customers remained protected the entire time. We have referred the case to the relevant law enforcement agencies,” CrowdStrike spokesperson Kevin Pennacci told TechCrunch.

Several other tech companies were allegedly hacked as part of the same campaign. Gainsight did not respond to TechCrunch’s requests for comment.

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is a hacker group consisting of several hacking groups, in particular ShinyHunters, Scattered spiderand He falls. Used by group members Social engineering techniques To trick employees into giving them access to their systems or databases.

In October, Scattered Lapsus$ hunters claimed they had been stolen More than a billion records from giant companies Who rely on Salesforce to host their customer data. The hackers published a data leak site listing data stolen from companies including the insurance giant Allianz Live, Airline company QantasCar maker excellentcredit bureau TransUnionAnd an employee management platform Work day And others.