[unconfirmed] DigitalOcean Data Breach

DigitalOcean is a prominent American cloud infrastructure provider, catering to developers and businesses by offering scalable compute platforms. Established in 2011, DigitalOcean has rapidly grown to serve a large community of developers and enterprises, providing services that include virtual private servers (Droplets), managed databases, and Kubernetes-based solutions.

Breach Details

• Date of Breach Announcement: June 25, 2024
• Data Compromised: Personal contact information including names, email addresses, physical addresses, and possibly some financial data.
• Size of Data Dump: 1.4 GB
• Format: SQL database dump
• Threat Actor: TopiAx, an advanced user in a cyber forum known for data breaches and illegal data distribution.
• Breach Data Details:
• Database: DigitalOcean
• File Size: 1.4 GB
• File Type: SQL (.sql)
• Sample Data: The screenshot shows a snippet of the SQL data dump, including SQL INSERT statements. Each entry consists of:
  • Contact Data: Appears to be personal information including:
    • Full names
    • Email addresses
    • Physical addresses
    • Other potential personal identifiers (such as affiliation or location)
    • Timestamps indicating the data entries' date and time
    • Some entries contain what looks like 'ca_cpt' followed by numerical codes, potentially indicating some category or type of data.

Threat Actor Profile

TopiAx is known in the cyber community for:

• Regular participation in cyber forums since October 2023.
• Posting 79 threads and 29 comments.
• Engaging in the sale and distribution of stolen databases, often containing sensitive personal and financial information.
• Having a reputation score of 1, indicating relatively recent but impactful activity within the forum.