ReliaQuest hit by network compromise
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ReliaQuest suffered a social-engineering incident on August 22, 2026 that gave an attacker a brief view-only session in its identity dashboard. The attacker used a lookalike domain and a fake SSO page to harvest credentials and trigger an MFA push approval. ReliaQuest said no applications or systems were accessed and no customer data was touched.
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27.08.2026 18:12 1 articles · 4h ago
ReliaQuest employee enters password on fake SSO page
Exploitation ObservedOn August 22, 2026, a ReliaQuest employee was steered toward a fake ReliaQuest single sign-on page after impersonation calls from someone posing as security staff. The employee entered a password and approved an MFA push notification, giving the attacker a brief view-only session on the company's identity dashboard. ReliaQuest said no applications or systems were accessed and no customer data was touched.
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- ThreatsDay: 296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New Stories — thehackernews.com — 27.08.2026 18:12
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27.08.2026 18:12 2 articles · 4h ago
ReliaQuest confirms brief view-only access on its identity dashboard
Initial DisclosureReliaQuest confirmed that one employee was targeted in a social engineering attack after a threat actor registered a lookalike domain and set up a fake ReliaQuest SSO page behind a content delivery network. The company said the access was view only, no applications or systems were accessed, and no customer data was touched. It also said the playbook resembled tactics used by ShinyHunters and other extortion crews, but it did not attribute the incident to a specific actor.
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