ShinyHunters
Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps
Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. The AI company says that between December 2025 and August 2026, it recorded various forms of artificial intelligence misuse, including for cyber and influence operations, surveillance, scams, […]
Florida confirms DMV database breached via stolen police account
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed that its DAVID driver database suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed to have compromised the system. The disclosure comes after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed it breached the DAVID database and stole more than 200,000 driver records. “On September 4, […]
Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft
Microsoft says threat actors linked to ShinyHunters, Helix, and other extortion gangs are using passkey and single sign-on-themed social engineering attacks to compromise corporate Microsoft accounts and steal data from Microsoft 365 services. The activity has been observed since May 2026 and begins with the attackers researching targeted organizations and employees before calling or messaging victims […]
ShinyHunters hackers claim breach of Florida “DAVID” DMV database
The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached an online platform for the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles database known as “DAVID” and stole over 200,000 records about drivers in the state. As proof of the breach, the threat actor has released a screenshot of Jeffrey Epstein’s DMV record, including his address and registered vehicles. DAVID […]
Mathspace discloses data breach affecting over 1 million people
Online maths learning platform Mathspace disclosed over the weekend that attackers stole data from more than 1 million students, staff, and parents after breaching its Metabase internal reporting system. Founded in Sydney in 2010, Mathspace is now used by thousands of schools across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom (3,432 in […]
Carhartt data breach exposes information of 12.9 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion group has published sensitive data from nearly 13 million accounts stolen from clothing retailer giant Carhartt earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Founded in 1889, Carhartt is an American apparel company with workwear and streetwear manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee and more than 3,000 […]
ReliaQuest confirms failed data-theft attack after ShinyHunters breach
Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. In a statement over the weekend, ReliaQuest said that an attacker called multiple employees and tried to trick them into accessing “a fake ReliaQuest single sign-on (SSO) page behind […]
RingCentral data breach exposed info of 1.6 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole personal information from 1.6 million RingCentral accounts after hacking the company in July, according to the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. RingCentral is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform used by over 600,000 businesses for services such as calling, messaging, and voicemail. The company disclosed the incident […]
ShinyHunters claims Brinks Home breach, threatens to leak stolen data
Residential security company Brinks Home has disclosed that hackers breached some of its systems and are threatening to leak allegedly stolen data. The company identified the attack on July 20 and immediately activated its incident response procedure to contain the breach. William Niles, CEO at Brinks Home, said that the company’s team was working with […]
Health-ISAC warns of rising ShinyHunters data theft attacks on healthcare
Health-ISAC, a cybersecurity information-sharing organization for the health sector, is warning healthcare and medical technology organizations of an observed increase in successful attacks by ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters is an extortion gang that primarily conducts supply chain and identity attacks to breach cloud SaaS and storage platforms in data theft attacks, Over the past two years, the threat […]