Check Point Responds to Hacking Claims

Check Point has responded to a hacker’s claims of sensitive data theft, confirming an incident but saying that it had limited impact.

Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point has issued a response after a hacker claimed to have stolen valuable information from the company’s systems.

Over the weekend, a threat actor using the name CoreInjection announced in a BreachForums post that they were selling data allegedly stolen from Check Point for 5 Bitcoin (approximately $430,000).

The threat actor claimed the theft of a broad range of data from the security firm, including project documentation, credentials, network maps and architecture diagrams, source code, binaries, and employee contact details.

The threat actor included a series of screenshots in their listing, to prove their access to Check Point’s systems. According to a post from Hudson Rock co-founder and CTO Alon Gal, the screenshots appear genuine, especially since the hacker has ...