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...

have been caught up in a global IT breach, with possibly lifelong impacts for students. Between 3 and 5 May 2026, the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group claimed responsibility for a data breach of cloud education provider Instructure and its Canvas...

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...

Instructure/Canvas breach, which saw schools across the country impacted by a third-party breach perpetrated by the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group, one finding is particularly galling. According to the Audit Office, while 98 per cent of schools use...

that at least one person has been apprehended,” said AT&T. It is unclear who was arrested and whether they were from ShinyHunters – the threat group that was paid the ransom – or Reddington, who was contacted by the hacker believed to be John Erin...

chat room does not appear to have come from our systems,” AT&T said in August 2021. But speaking to Bleeping Computer, ShinyHunters insisted the data was legitimate. “I don’t care if they don’t admit. I’m just selling,” ShinyHunters told...

in ransom to the threat actors behind the attack. According to a report by WIRED, AT&T negotiated with a member of the ShinyHunters threat group through an intermediary called Reddington. Originally, ShinyHunters was asking for a $1 million ransom, but...

analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told BleepingComputer. While not definitive, this could suggest that ShinyHunters are working with the Scattered Spider hacking collective in launching high-profile cyber attacks. Allianz Life operates...

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...

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...

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack, with hackers claiming to have breached a third-party vendor’s internal network and accessed user data. Earlier this week, reports suggesting that threat actors had...

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...