Red Hat Investigating Breach Impacting as Many as 28,000 Customers, Including the Navy and Congress (404media.co)
(Thursday October 02, 2025 @05:22PM (msmash)
from the security-woes dept.)
A hacking group claims to have pulled data from a GitLab instance connected to Red Hat's consulting business, [1]scooping up 570 GB of compressed data from 28,000 customers . From a report:
> The hack was first reported by BleepingComputer and has been confirmed by Red Hat itself. "Red Hat is aware of reports regarding a security incident related to our consulting business and we have initiated necessary remediation steps," Stephanie Wonderlick, Red Hat's VP of communications told 404 Media.
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> A file released by the hackers and viewed by 404 Media suggested that the hacking group may have acquired some data related to about 800 clients, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, the US Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center, the Federal Aviation Administration, Bank of America, AT&T, the U.S. House of Representatives, and Walmart.
[1] https://www.404media.co/red-hat-investigating-breach-impacting-as-many-as-28-000-customers-including-the-navy-and-congress/
> The hack was first reported by BleepingComputer and has been confirmed by Red Hat itself. "Red Hat is aware of reports regarding a security incident related to our consulting business and we have initiated necessary remediation steps," Stephanie Wonderlick, Red Hat's VP of communications told 404 Media.
>
> A file released by the hackers and viewed by 404 Media suggested that the hacking group may have acquired some data related to about 800 clients, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, the US Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center, the Federal Aviation Administration, Bank of America, AT&T, the U.S. House of Representatives, and Walmart.
[1] https://www.404media.co/red-hat-investigating-breach-impacting-as-many-as-28-000-customers-including-the-navy-and-congress/