Overview
- ASUS said a third-party supplier was hacked and that some camera source code for its phones was affected, while asserting its products, internal systems, and user privacy were not impacted.
- Everest claimed to possess more than 1TB of data and instructed ASUS to contact the group via Qtox under a short deadline, without disclosing any ransom amount.
- After its initial post, Everest published screenshots and file-tree samples and asserted the trove includes material linked to ArcSoft and Qualcomm along with SDKs, debug data, and camera test libraries.
- Neither ASUS nor Everest has identified the compromised supplier, and no full leak has been released as independent verification of the scope continues.
- Coverage notes Everest’s recent high-profile activity, including incidents affecting Collins Aerospace and European airport operations, underscoring ongoing supply-chain risk for major tech firms.