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ShinyHunters Breach Affects Checkout.com Legacy Cloud Storage

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Checkout.com, a global payment processing firm, disclosed a data breach involving a legacy cloud storage system compromised by the ShinyHunters threat group. The breach affected less than 25% of its current merchant base and included data from 2020 and earlier. The company refused to pay the ransom and instead plans to donate the amount to cybersecurity research at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford Cyber Security Center. The compromised data includes internal operational documents and onboarding materials. ShinyHunters is known for exploiting vulnerabilities and using social engineering tactics to extort large organizations.

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  1. 14.11.2025 18:25 1 articles · 23h ago

    ShinyHunters Breaches Checkout.com Legacy Cloud Storage

    Checkout.com disclosed a data breach involving a legacy cloud storage system compromised by ShinyHunters. The breach affected less than 25% of its current merchant base and included data from 2020 and earlier. The company refused to pay the ransom and instead plans to donate the amount to cybersecurity research at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford Cyber Security Center.

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