Hackers have stolen terabytes of corporate and employee information from the controversial Brazilian multinational Andrade Gutierrez.
Headquartered in Belo Horizonte, the giant is one of Latin America’s largest engineering companies and is responsible for major projects in infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, and transportation across the region.
However, a hacking group known as “Dark Angels” has stolen 3 TB of emails and company information, including names, email addresses, passport details, payment information, tax ID numbers and health insurance information for more than 10,000 employees. claimed to have stolen Brazilian report.
Hidden in multiple emails are passwords that can be used to log into accounts at local and state tax authorities, the report claims. Also included are blueprints of several famous construction projects completed by Andrade Gutierrez, including ports, airports, his World Cup 2014 and his Olympic Games in Brazil 2016. It includes several facilities that have been
Information security The validity of the 15 GB dataset shared by the hackers could not be verified. Brazilian report.
However, the breach itself is said to have occurred in September-October of last year, was achieved by exploiting a server vulnerability, and is reportedly still unpatched.
Multi-billion dollar companies employing more than 200,000 staff worldwide are no strangers to controversy. In 2018, it agreed to pay $381 million to settle corruption charges related to the “lava jato” scandal that led to the indictment of former and current Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. .
A spokesperson for Andrade Gutierrez said: Information security I will not be commenting on this matter.
