Nitro PDF maker Data Breach (2020)

A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF service impacts many well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank. Claimed to be used by over 10 thousand business customers and 1.8 million licensed users, Nitro is an application used to create, edit, and sign PDFs and digital documents. On October 21st, Nitro Software issued an advisory to the Australia Stock Exchange, stating that they were affected by a "low impact security incident" but that no customer data was impacted. On October 21st, Nitro Software issued an advisory to the Australia Stock Exchange, stating that they were affected by a "low impact security incident" but that no customer data was impacted. A software firm that had its origins in Melbourne has suffered a data breach that it has described in a notice to the ASX as "an isolated security incident" but which cyber security provider Cyble has claimed is a massive leak that affects companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Chase and Citibank. Nitro Software informed the ASX of the breach on 21 October. The company offers a service to create, edit and sign PDFs and digital documents. It claims to have more than 10,000 business clients and 1.8 million licensed users. The website Bleeping Computer quoted the cyber security firm Cyble as saying a threat actor was selling the Nitro user and document databases, plus 1TB of documents, at a private auction, with the opening bid set at US$80,000 (A$112.237). A Cyble spokesperson told iTWire in response to a query for comment: "Considering the scale and extent of the breach, this is one of the worst breaches Cyble has seen in the last few years.