Avnet experienced a data breach involving the theft of 7 to 12TB of data stored on an external cloud service, although most of it remains unreadable without proprietary tools. The company quickly responded by rotating secrets in its Azure/Databricks environments and reports that the breach was limited to a single system in the EMEA region. #Avnet #Cyberattack #DarkWeb #DataLeak #EMEARegion
Keypoints
- Actors accessed Avnet’s externally hosted cloud database supporting an EMEA sales tool.
- The stolen data includes historical records, sales opportunities, and employee contact details.
- Most of the data is unreadable without proprietary tools, reducing immediate risk.
- Avnet responded by rotating secrets within its Azure and Databricks environments.
- The breach did not impact global operations but affected regional systems and impacted contacts.