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ShinyHunters Salesforce vishing data-theft campaign

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The ShinyHunters extortion group is running an active Salesforce customer data-theft campaign that uses vishing and malicious OAuth apps, putting multiple organizations at risk of credential theft and extortion.

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Timeline

  1. 02.09.2025 22:54 2 articles · 8mo ago

    ShinyHunters targets Salesforce customers with vishing and malicious OAuth apps

    Initial Disclosure

    ShinyHunters has been targeting Salesforce customers in data-theft attacks since the start of the year by using voice phishing (vishing) to trick employees into linking malicious OAuth apps with their company's Salesforce instances. The campaign has been linked to breaches affecting Google, Cisco, Qantas, Allianz Life, Farmers Insurance, Workday, Adidas, and LVMH subsidiaries Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany & Co., with stolen databases later used for extortion.

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