Threat Actor 888

Primary motivation
financial-gain
Sophistication
intermediate
Resource level
organization
Actor type
criminal
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:16:38

Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications transportation-and-logistics energy-and-utilities

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:hk

Context

Threat actor 888 is a hacker active in 2024, targeting companies for data breaches. They've hit Microsoft, BMW (Hong Kong), and others in tech, freight, and oil & gas industries

Reports & references

  • cybersecuritynews.com — Threats Claimimg Breach (report)
  • cloudways.com — Hacker Allegedly Leaks Data From Shopify Breach On Breachforums (report)
  • twitter.com — 1810569160180515171 (report)
  • medium.com — 80 000 Records Exposed In Shell Data Breach By Threat Actor 888 64C407Dfac94 (report)

External references