The hacker, who was also behind the recent Indian HDFC bank and Acer breaches, claimed to have breached Acronis because “they were bored and wanted to humiliate the company.”Īccording to Kernelware, the leaked data includes various certificate files, command logs, system configurations, system information logs, archives of their filesystem, and python scripts for their maria.db database, backup configuration stuff, and loads of screenshots of their backup operations. The trove of data was posted on Breach Forums on Thursday, March 9th, 2023, with no login credentials being leaked. Editor's note: This article has been updated with an exclusive, confirmation statement from Liquid Web.Ī Swiss technology and cybersecurity company, Acronis, has been hit by a data breach, with over 21 GB of files and folders being leaked by a hacker known as Kernelware. The hacker behind the breach of the cybersecurity and cloud protection service provider is the same individual who was behind the recent Indian HDFC bank and Acer breaches.