Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach

Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach

September 20, 2024 at 02:37PM

The Walt Disney Company is moving away from Slack due to a data breach that exposed over 1TB of confidential messages and files. They are transitioning to new collaboration tools after the breach by threat actor ‘NullBulge.’ The move follows a previous data breach from the company’s Confluence server, raising questions about future communication platforms.

From the meeting notes, it appears that The Walt Disney Company is making moves to migrate away from Slack to new enterprise collaboration tools following a data breach that exposed confidential messages and files. This decision comes after experiencing multiple security incidents, including a breach on their Slack platform by a threat actor named ‘NullBulge.’ Additionally, it is mentioned that in the past, other companies like Uber and Activision have also experienced similar breaches on their Slack servers, indicating the vulnerability of communication platforms to threat actors seeking to steal confidential information. However, it is unclear at this point how Disney will be transitioning to a new platform and how communication will be handled in the future.

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