Employee of Taiwanese D-Link Falls for Phishing Leading to Data Breach

D-Link Corporation, a Taiwanese networking equipment, confirmed a data breach linked to information stolen from its network and put up for sale on BreachForums earlier this month.
The intrusion vector was likely an employee who unintentionally fell victim to phishing. The attacker claims to have stolen source code for D-Link's D-View network management software, along with millions of entries containing personal information of customers and employees, including details on the company's CEO.

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