Identity protection firm Aura has disclosed details of a phishing attack after the company was listed as a victim of the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group earlier this month. “Aura is aware of an incident where one of our employees was the victim of a...

hundreds of companies via their Salesforce instances. Here’s what you can do to protect yours. Since late last year, the ShinyHunters group has been targeting a raft of companies via their Salesforce instances, stealing data and extorting victims before...

physical and IP addresses, and auto finance application outcomes.” According to the report, infamous hacking group ShinyHunters is behind the incident, citing a mid-February report that found the group claimed a breach of CarGurus, which saw 1.7 million...

of misinformation regarding the tragic Bondi terror attack, OpenAI’s admission of “high cyber risk”, the re-emergence of ShinyHunters with a string of possible extortion attempts, ransomware attacks on medical centres, and important tips for using...

is still unconfirmed, sources speaking with security publication BleepingComputer have suggested that the infamous ShinyHunters group is to blame. The source told the publication that ShinyHunters is currently extorting SoundCloud after claiming to have...

the group began an extortion campaign targeting Mixpanel customers last week. “In an extortion demand sent to PornHub, ShinyHunters claims it stole 94GB of data containing over 200 million records of personal information in the Mixpanel breach,”...

Security researchers believe Qantas and Salesforce hackers could be in the middle of a campaign targeting users of the popular help desk platform. Whether you think they’re one of the most dire cyber threats around today, or just a bunch of spoiled...

because their members operate within and across them,” Beek said. “We believe, however, that the names Lapsus$ and ShinyHunters are being abused as a ‘marketing brand’ rather than representing the original groups in action. This is because Lapsus$ has...

10 October Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters shared a PGP-signed message from an individual claiming to be or to represent ShinyHunters soon after the takedown, stating that BreachForums was now officially dead. “BreachForums was seized by the FBI and...

and has been engaging in a widespread extortion campaign targeting users of the Oracle E-Business Suite platform, ShinyHunters and its various linked hacking collectives are also involved in the hacking campaign. “In early October 2025 ‘SCATTERED...

appears to be a relatively new victim, reporting from DataBreaches.net noted that Kering was revealed as a victim of a ShinyHunters attack some time in 2024. “When did Balenciaga, Brioni, Alexander McQueen or Kering first discover this breach, and how...

– which owns luxury brands such as Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen – was recently revealed as a victim of a ShinyHunters attack some time in 2024. “When did Balenciaga, Brioni, Alexander McQueen or Kering first discover this breach, and how did...

Qantas has slashed executive bonuses following its data breach earlier this year. Short-term bonuses for the executive team, including CEO Vanessa Hudson, were cut by 15 percentage points for 2024–25 due to the impact the attack had on Qantas...

and Salesloft Drift pending further investigation,” Google said. There is evidence that the Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters collectives, which appear to have formed some kind of loose hacking alliance, may be behind the hacking campaign. According to...

third-party organisation in question was Salesforce, linking the attack to the wave of cyber attacks performed by the ShinyHunters threat group, potentially even the new Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking supergroup. BleepingComputer said that...

lacks intelligence. The big hacking news this week is the formation of a possible hacking super group, as the notorious ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider collectives merge. Is this the real deal, and a threat to companies around the globe, or just...

Notorious hacking group ShinyHunters has confirmed that it is working with infamous hacking collective Scattered Spider, alongside Lapsus$, and has teased a massive number of leaks following its major Salesforce hacking campaign. ShinyHunters revealed...

has already identified as having been behind a widespread Salesforce instance campaign. Regarding Google, ShinyHunters reportedly claims to have stolen 2.55 million data records. BleepingComputer said that ShinyHunters confirmed with the publication...

of the Cyber Uncut podcast, David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft discuss the future of AI and copyright in Australia, ShinyHunters and their relationship to the Scattered Spider hacking collective, and a new ransomware operator targeting small businesses...

The US arm of Allianz Life is facing a pair of class action lawsuits in the aftermath of its July 2025 cyber attack, as its customers demand better security and compensation. Earlier this month, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America told...