Us General Electric was hacked, and sensitive contents such as SQL data documents were sold.

CTOnews.com, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) A hacker named IntelBroker claimed to have hacked into General Electric and stole a large amount of sensitive data from the company's systems, the security website BleepingComputer has discovered.

The hackers posted a new clue on an underground forum claiming to sell access to the company's "development and software pipeline" for $500 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 3580 yuan).

After failing to sell access, IntelBroker decided to provide data extracted from endpoints separately, sharing screenshots of seemingly stolen GE data, including a series of military-related SQL databases, documents and so on.

▲ source BleepingComputerBleepingComputer contacted GE, which acknowledged the hackers' claims and said it was investigating the matter and said it would take "appropriate measures" to help protect the integrity of the system.

CTOnews.com notes that GE is an American multinational conglomerate founded by Thomas Edison and others. Since 1892, the company has carried out a variety of businesses in different fields, including aerospace, renewable energy, power, venture capital and so on.