Acer confirms Philippines employee data leaked on hacking forum

Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was stolen in an attack on a third-party vendor who manages the company's employee attendance data after a threat actor leaked the data on a hacking forum. 

A threat actor known as 'ph1ns' published a link to download a stolen database containing Acer employee data for free on a hacking forum.

Acer is a Taiwanese maker of computer hardware and electronics. Earlier today,