Hackers of the st0rmyw0rm group claim to have breached Compound Semiconductor – a website owned by UK-based Angel Business Communications – that provides news, analysis and other information for the compound semiconductor industry.

The hackers have leaked over 4,500 records consisting of usernames, email addresses and clear text passwords, including a couple of credential sets belonging to the site’s administrators. They claim that the database holds over 10,000 user records.

Considering that all the passwords are in clear text, we will not be providing a link to the data leak. However, it’s worth mentioning that the Compound Semiconductor website appears to be assigning the same default password to all users.

Only a handful of the site’s customers have taken the time to change their passwords, so most of the accounts are easily accessible.

The hacker group’s representatives have told us that they’ve attacked the site in support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (OpFreeAssange), who’s currently confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

“It’s a UK company, a lot of feds registered and we have some specific reason we won’t publish,” the hackers said regarding their motivation.

“Do not use any of their Apps, Administrator Access App, and do not buy anything from there,” the hackers wrote next to the leaked data.

We’ve reached out to Angel Business Communications to see if they can comment on the incident. The post will be updated if they respond to our inquiry.

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