Astemo: unauthorized access to its data sharing cloud

On 16 October, auto parts maker Astemo said its data sharing cloud was accessed through an account of an employee at a contractor, and some of its data leaked. On 17 September a third party claiming to have its data contacted several employees suggesting the data would be published, and Astemo began investigating. Around 2 September the contractor's system had shown login anomalies and multi-factor authentication prompts not triggered by the employee. The leaked data includes names, emails, phone numbers and affiliations of about 350 people, including employees, supplier staff and outside partners. Data of customers and consumers was not included.