A hacker has used email and password information mistakenly exposed online by Comodo to gain access to the company's internal files. The breach was discovered on Monday when a researcher at security firm FireEye noticed that an email address associated with one of its customers had been compromised in what appears to be a phishing attack. The hacker gained access to sales documents and spreadsheets containing phone numbers, email addresses, customer documents and calendars.
A hacker has used email and password information mistakenly exposed online by Comodo to gain access to the company's internal files. The login details, which were posted on a public GitHub repository owned by a Comodo software developer, were used to infiltrate the company's cloud services. The hacker gained access to sales documents and spreadsheets containing phone numbers, email addresses, customer documents and calendars.