BePrime Cyberattack Exposes Client Data and Surveillance Footage
Severity: High (Score: 66.0)
Sources: Databreaches, Escudodigital, Theregister
Summary
BePrime, a Mexican cybersecurity company, suffered a significant cyberattack resulting in the leak of 12.6 GB of sensitive data, including client surveillance footage and network infrastructure access. The attacker, using the alias 'dylanmarly', claimed to have compromised over 1,800 network devices, including switches and routers, by exploiting the absence of two-factor authentication on admin accounts. The breach reportedly allowed access to live feeds from surveillance cameras in client offices. BePrime has acknowledged the incident but has not confirmed the specifics of the leaked data or the attack vector. The company has activated its incident response protocols and is working with Cisco Talos for remediation. Despite the severity of the breach, BePrime asserts that there has been no impact on operational continuity for itself or its clients. The firm has also threatened legal action against journalists disseminating what it claims to be false information about the incident. Key Points: • BePrime was breached, exposing 12.6 GB of data and surveillance footage. • The attacker exploited the lack of two-factor authentication on admin accounts. • BePrime is working with Cisco Talos to remediate the incident.
Key Entities
- Data Breach (attack_type)
- BE Prime (company)
- BePrime (company)
- Mexico (country)
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information (cwe)
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication (cwe)
- Energy (industry)
- Retail (industry)
- T1078 - Valid Accounts (mitre_attack)
- Cisco Meraki (platform)
- Cisco Meraki Vision (platform)