Threat Actor: IntelBroker | IntelBroker
Victim: Companies House | Companies House
Price: Not specified
Exfiltrated Data Type: Financial and operational metrics, including balance sheet dates, registered company numbers, legal entity names, employment statistics, asset and liability figures, share capital details, revenue and profit figures, as well as various expense categories.
Additional Information:
- The scraping incident occurred in April 2024.
- 1.8 million lines of data were published on a hacking forum.
- An estimated 5.4 million rows of information were retrieved before the operation was halted.
In April 2024, Companies House fell victim to a scraping incident, resulting in the publication of 1.8 million lines of data on a well-known hacking forum. Despite encountering some duplicates, the scrape managed to retrieve a substantial amount of information, estimated at around 5.4 million rows before the operation was halted.
The compromised data includes a comprehensive array of financial and operational metrics, such as balance sheet dates, registered company numbers, legal entity names, employment statistics, asset and liability figures, share capital details, revenue and profit figures, as well as various expense categories.
Original Source: https://dailydarkweb.net/intelbroker-allegedly-screaped-companies-house-data-exposing-data-related-to-companies/