Ford recently denied any data breach, stating that the information circulating online is from a third party and is largely publicly available. Recently, a well-known leaker using the pseudonym EnergyWeaponUser posted a new thread on BreachForums claiming to be sharing Ford data for free. “Today, I have uploaded the Ford Motor Company internal database for you to download, thanks for reading and enjoy!” the hacker said at the time.
“In November 2024, Ford Motor Company, an American multinational automobile company suffered a data breach,” the post continued. “This exposed 44,000 records, including customer names, physical locations, and products purchased.
A small sample was shared by the hacker, including names, addresses, country codes, customer type codes, city information, sales types, account codes, last update timestamps, and other data sets can be found.
After the thread surfaced, the company acknowledged that it was investigating the data theft allegations. “Ford is aware of allegations that data theft occurred at Ford and is actively investigating,” spokesman Richard Binhammer told reporters at the time. “Our investigation is currently ongoing.”
A few days later, Ford told media that its data was safe. In a statement to BleepingComputer, the company said: “Ford’s investigation determined that there was no data breach from Ford systems or customer data. The incident involved a third-party provider and a small set of publicly available seller business addresses. To the best of our knowledge, this issue has already been resolved.”
We are currently waiting for a response from EnergyWeaponUser. But the fact that they were willing to make such a database public lends credence to Ford’s claims. Eventually, the archives were made available to all registered BreachForums members for 8 forum credits, or about $2.
