Google Confirms ShinyHunters Breach of Its Salesforce CRM Instance, Limited Data Exposed
- In June, Google acknowledged that hackers linked to the ShinyHunters group gained unauthorized access to one of its Salesforce systems containing data on small business customers.
- The breach occurred amid a wider wave of Salesforce CRM attacks attributed to ShinyHunters, a group known for targeting major companies using voice phishing and social engineering.
- Google stated the hackers accessed basic and largely public business information like names and contact details during a brief period before Google cut off access and began mitigations.
- Google has not revealed how many customers were impacted or confirmed whether ransom demands were made, while ShinyHunters reported ongoing intrusions and indicated they may intensify their extortion efforts by launching a data leak website.
- The breach highlights persistent vulnerabilities in cloud systems and cyber experts urge companies to strengthen phishing training and add multi-factor authentication to reduce risk.
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Google Confirms Its Salesforce Database Hacked — 'ShinyHunters' Strike Again - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Salesforce (NYSE:CRM)
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has confirmed a data breach that has affected some of its customers. The breach was attributed to a hacking group known as ShinyHunters, also referred to as UNC6040.
Google Confirms Data Breach
In a troubling development for Google, the tech giant confirmed late Tuesday that hackers breached one of its Salesforce database systems, compromising customer information. The breach, detailed in a blog post by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, targeted a database used to store contact information and related notes for small and medium-sized businesses. The hacking group […] The post Google Confirms Data Breach appeared first on Cord Cutters…
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