Security vendor Acronis admits data breach

Same attacker took 160GB from Acer

A hacker going by the alias 'Kernelware', who stole data from Acer last month, is now claiming to have hacked Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis.

However, the Acronis breach is much smaller than the one that affected Acer - a mere 12GB of files.

In a post on BreachedForums, seen by The Register, Kernelware claims they hacked the company because they were "bored."

They said the hacked data contains certificate files, command logs, system information logs, archives of Acronis's file systems, Python scripts for the company's maria.db database, and other information.

The hacker noted Acronis had "dogshit security," which was "pretty ironic."

Company CISO Kevin Reed took to LinkedIn to share more information. He said the breach only affected a single customer, and the company has suspended access for the compromised account.

He added that 'no other system or credential has been affected'.

For its part, Acronis has tweeted that "no Acronis products have been affected."

The situation is developing, but so far it looks like Acronis got off much more lightly than Acer.