Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom
Grafana Labs confirmed a hacking incident but chose not to pay the ransom demanded by the attackers. The hackers accessed the company's GitLab environment using a stolen token, allowing them to obtain source code repositories. Grafana emphasized that no customer data was compromised and has implemented additional security measures following the breach.
- ▪Grafana Labs was hacked, but the company refused to pay the ransom demanded by the attackers.
- ▪The hackers accessed the company's GitLab environment using a stolen token credential.
- ▪No customer records or financial data were compromised in the incident.
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Grafana Labs, the maker of its eponymous popular open source web visualization software, confirmed it had been hacked but that it refused to pay the hackers who had threatened to release the company’s codebase. In a series of posts on social media, the lab said its investigation found that the hackers had abused a stolen token credential that allowed access to the company’s GitLab environment, which it uses for code development. The token did not provide access to customer records or financial data, but allowed the hackers to obtain the company’s repositories of source code. The company has since invalidated the token and added additional security measures to prevent a repeat incident.
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