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...

the data stolen in the Ticketmaster and Ticketek hacks earlier this month. On 20 June, Sp1d3r – who may be linked to the ShinyHunters hacking group – made two posts just hours apart, complaining in the first one that “Ticketmaster will not respond to...

Cloud storage company Snowflake says the breach is not its fault, as the ACSC released an alert warning of “increased cyber threat activity regarding Snowflake customers”. Last week’s Ticketmaster data breach has gotten even more complex over the...

an attack’s fallout could present to small businesses. A cyber attack on Ticketmaster and Live Nation was claimed by the ShinyHunters hacking group. It said it exfiltrated 1.3 terabytes of data belonging to 560 million customers, which it said it would...

have 1.3 terabytes of customer data stolen from the entertainment giant, as Home Affairs confirms it is on the case. The ShinyHunters hacking group has shared the details of an alleged hack of Ticketmaster and Live Nation and is selling the data for a...

announcing a new dark website for the forum. As seen on a BreachForums announcement Telegram page, the forum’s admin, ShinyHunters (Shiny), has announced that the platform has a new onion address. “Still under testing. Please report any bugs you may...

first 200,000 users will receive the latest upgraded version of the member rank,” USDoD said. “There are others, such as ShinyHunters [the other BreachForums admin alongside Baphomet] and his team, who plan to create their own forum. However, I urge you...

Ireland’s privacy watchdog has commenced an investigation into the major Dell data breach that occurred earlier this month. Last week, Dell customers were informed by the PC hardware manufacturer that its systems had been hacked, and that customer data...

Global law enforcement agencies led by the FBI have taken control of the infamous BreachForums overnight. The site seizure occurred overnight, with the BreachForums site and Telegram both displaying messages from the FBI. “This website has been taken...

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...

on 3 September, which matches the time frame of the recent email. According to DataBreaches, a known threat actor called ShinyHunters – which takes its name from a Pokemon game – was behind the breach, admitting to the site that they accessed Pizza...

— is facing a range of charges, including wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Sebastien Raoult was a member of the ShinyHunters hacking group where he operated under the nom de guerre Seyzo Kaizen. Raoult was attempting to travel to Brussels when...