Google says that infiltrators stole their customer data in a breach of their Slesforce database

Google confirmed that some customers’ information was stolen in a modern breach of one of its databases.

in Blog post Late Tuesday, the Google threat group said that one of its Slesforce database systems, which are used to store contact information and related notes for small and medium -sized companies, was violated by a group of piracy known as Shinyhunters, which was officially appointed as UC6040.

The company said: “The data that the representative of the threat regained was limited to basic and available business information, such as business names and contact details.”

Google did not reveal the number of affected customers, and a company spokesman did not immediately respond to the comment. It is not clear whether the company has received any connection, such as the ransom request.

Shinyhunters is famous for targeting major companies and databases based on the groom.

This is the latest in a series of violations targeting the Salesforce Cloud systems, after the last thefts of Customer data from Cisco and Qantas giant airlinesAmong others, such as I was informed by Bleeping Computer. According to the publication of the Google Blog, the Shinyhunters collection relies on audio fishing techniques to deceive the company’s employees to give them access to the Salsforce databases based on the core group.

Google said that the Shinyhunters group is likely to prepare a data leakage site, which is used by some ransom gangs to publish the stolen data to Get blackmailing corporate victims In payment of ransom. The group is said to interfere with other groups, Including comA well -known group of Internet criminals who use piracy and extortion and sometimes violence threats to storm networks.

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