Ubiquiti Details
Ubiquiti
New York, NY • 1377 employees • Information Technology
Industry
Information Technology
Security Incidents
1
Security Incidents
Ubiquiti Breach of Dec 2020
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Severity Score
Low to Moderate
Type
Insider ThreatSummary
Nickolas Sharp, a former software engineer at Ubiquiti Networks, has been arrested and charged in connection with a data breach that occurred in December 2020. Sharp, who worked in Ubiquiti's cloud division from August 2018 to March 2021, allegedly used a Surfshark VPN account to conceal his identity while accessing the company's AWS servers and GitHub repositories, stealing gigabytes of confidential data. Ubiquiti first disclosed the security breach in January 2021, advising users to change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication. According to the Department of Justice indictment...Show more
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