may be close, our colleagues in cyber journalism at Bleeping Computer now believe that the hacking group known as ShinyHunters may be behind the 5.7 million-person breach. “A wave of data breaches impacting companies like Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH, and...

Infamous cyber extortion group ShinyHunters gives the professional services giant until the end of the month to pay up or face a data leak. “Yes, it was us.” That’s how the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed responsibility for a cyber incident first...

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...

Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption II has confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack after notorious hacking group ShinyHunters posted a ransom demand on its darknet leak site. The hackers listed Rockstar Games as a victim in an 11 April update,...

the incident.” While 7-Eleven did not mention the number of people impacted or identify the threat actor, infamous group ShinyHunters claimed the incident and has leaked allegedly stolen files online. “Over 600k Salesforce records containing PII and...

the recent resolution: We have nothing to add on or comment regarding the recent situation at the LMS company,” the ShinyHunters group said in a 13 May press statement on its dark web leak site. “If you are an impacted institution, we are not seeking...

The confirmed cyber incident impacting Carnival Cruise Line was reportedly the action of infamous threat group ShinyHunters. Based on reports, the incident allegedly occurred when ShinyHunters breached the cruise operator’s supply chain, when a...

Following the ShinyHunters Instructure hack, the morals of paying a ransom to cyber criminals have been a hot-button issue, but what do you really need to know before considering making that payment? A lot of organisations are pretty firm about whether...

information”; Have I Been Pwned adds 13.5 million emails to database. Following being listed as a victim by the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group, educational publishing giant McGraw Hill has confirmed the hackers were able to access its Salesforce...

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...

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...

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...

has responded to claims made by the hackers behind last week’s Instructure education breach. The cyber extortion group ShinyHunters recently published a list of more than 2,700 schools, colleges, and other entities in the education sector allegedly...

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...

impact analysis and bolstered its security. Google Threat Intelligence identified the group as UNC6040, better known as ShinyHunters, which BleepingComputer has already identified as having been behind a widespread Salesforce instance campaign....

CVE-2026-35273 last week – but hackers had already been exploiting it for almost two weeks. The cyber extortion group ShinyHunters is a past master at taking advantage of vulnerabilities in widely used platforms, and according to recent reporting from...

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...

Cyber Daily has reached out to Cushman & Wakefield for more information. The fight for attribution – Qilin or ShinyHunters? The incident was first claimed by the infamous ShinyHunters threat group on 1 May. In the listing, the group said it stole...

were involved. If that changes, we will notify any impacted institutions.” While Instructure confirmed the breach, the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group claimed responsibility, with the hackers saying they had compromised more than 200 million students...

for all the wrong reasons over the last seven or so days, following a comprehensive breach of its Canvas platform by the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group. Millions of students and educators have had their personal details compromised, and the Canvas...