The hacker didn't steal diamonds, but sometimes information is just as valuable

Jan 25, 2012 12:38 GMT  ·  By

The official website of Endiama (Empresa Nacional de Diamantes), the national diamond company of Angola, suffered a data breach, the hacker known as SEPO managing to obtain and leak sensitive information from their databases.

“So, such big company with a security that [expletive]... Oh! I forgot! They just [expletive] on the security theme. Only money in their heads,” said the hacker on his personal blog.

Usernames and email addresses belonging to members, along with information on their hosting servers were exposed as a result of the breach.

Endiama is the exclusive concessionary of mining rights in the domain of diamonds, the company producing 8.5 million carats in 2010.

The hacker, SEPO, has been highly active on the hacking scene, most of his latest operations targeting institutions from Ghana and Nigeria.