Oracle admits breach of ‘obsolete servers,’ denies main cloud platform affected

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“The dataset includes PII, such as first and last names, full display names, email addresses, job titles, department numbers, telephone numbers, mobile numbers, and even home contact details,” wrote Trustwave’s researchers, pointing out that the consequences of such a breach could be expensive.

“For the organizations affected, a leak like this one could result in data breach liabilities, regulatory penalties, reputational damage, operational disruption, and long-term erosion of client trust,” they wrote.

Oracle subsequently denied the breach claim, telling the media: “The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud. No Oracle Cloud customers experienced a breach or lost any data.”