Hackers claim attack on Scania, website down for maintenance
Attackers have allegedly breached Scania, a major Swedish manufacturer, stealing tens of thousands of documents from the company’s corporate insurance arm.
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Attackers have allegedly breached Scania, a major Swedish manufacturer, stealing tens of thousands of documents from the company’s corporate insurance arm.
The post announcing the alleged breach appeared on a popular “invite only” hacker forum, which cybercriminals use to buy and sell stolen data. According to attackers, they’ve managed to penetrate Scania’s corporate insurance arm.
The cybercrooks claim they’ve stolen 34,000 files that were never before accessible to the public. At the time of writing, it is unclear what type of information could be in the files.
However, Scania’s corporate insurance covers the company’s commercial vehicles, which means exposed files could include who the customers are and what vehicle they have via vehicle identification numbers (VINs).
We’ve reached out to Scania for comment and will update the article once we receive a reply.
The Scania website attackers claim they took the data from is currently unavailable. Visitors are greeted with a message that says, “We are currently performing maintenance on the VabisLine system. The system has been temporarily taken offline.”
🚨Data Breach Alert‼️
undefined Hackmanac (@H4ckmanac) June 12, 2025
🇸🇪Sweden - Scania Financial Services
A threat actor using the alias undefinedhensiundefined claims to have breached the subdomain insurance.scania[.]com, allegedly gaining access to and exfiltrating a full set of files.
The actor states this is a first-time intrusion… pic.twitter.com/aPP09wSjhB
It’s unclear if the maintenance is related to the alleged hacker attack.
Scania is a major commercial vehicle maker. According to the company’s financial report for the first quarter of 2025, Scania holds nearly 19% of Europe’s commercial vehicle market. The company has 59,000 global employees and reported revenue exceeding $22 billion in 2024.
Attackers often target automakers, since large multinational companies have troves of sensitive corporate and customer data and have the resources to pay in cases of extortion. Earlier this month, attackers said they’d breached Volkswagen Group, the German automaker behemoth.
