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Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking

ID: 8e35706c-bf45-5bba-8a9b-31cc0010036a

STIX ID: report--8e35706c-bf45-5bba-8a9b-31cc0010036a

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-01-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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A breach of Orange Spain's RIPE account—caused by infostealer malware that harvested a weak password and exploited the lack of MFA—allowed an attacker to alter RPKI/ROA records and hijack BGP routing, disrupting roughly half of the provider's network traffic; Orange restored service and reported no customer data loss.

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