Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: Nitro PDF
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF service impacts many well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank. A threat actor is reportedly selling the stolen data with the starting price set at $80,000. In January 2021, a threat actor claiming to be a part of ShinyHunters leaked the full database for free and set a price of $3 for access to the download link.