Hacked Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threats

Market research provider Klue, which was hacked earlier this month in a breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal reams of data belonging to several of its customers, said that it is communicating with the hackers. The company also said it believes the group is deleting the stolen data, TechCrunch has learned.

“We continue to communicate with the threat actor we have been in contact with (‘Icarus’),” the company wrote in an update shared privately on Thursday night with its customers, which TechCrunch has seen. “Icarus told us they are taking steps to delete the data taken from Klue customers. The Icarus site remains down and we have indications that Icarus is indeed taking steps to delete data taken from Klue customers.”

On Monday, Klue confirmed that hackers broke into its systems on June 12 and stole an unspecified amount of data from an unspecified number of its customers. Since then,...

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