ShinyHunters: Cyber Criminal Group Attacks Learning Management System

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is providing this Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn of potential future impacts related to a cyber-attack that affected an online Learning Management System (LMS), resulting in an interruption of service to educational institutions Read More …

Stolen Canvas data was “returned” after hacker agreement, Instructure says

The Instructure/Canvas data breach that has dominated cybersecurity coverage recently has reached a new stage. Millions of students had personal data stolen, with extortion group ShinyHunters claiming credit for the data breach and applying extra pressure for their ransom demands Read More …

Canvas maker Instructure reveals data breach — confirms user personal information leaked

Instructure, the edtech giant behind the popular Canvas learning system, has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and losing sensitive customer data. The company issued a brief statement, confirming the hit, “While our investigation continues alongside our outside forensics experts, at this Read More …

Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak

Logistics technology company Pitney Bowes, which makes franking machines for US postage, is the latest scalp claimed by ShinyHunters and its ongoing spree of pay-or-leak attacks against major organizations. Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach Read More …

Medtronic says ShinyHunters hackers stole around 9 million medical records in latest attack

Medtronic, one of the biggest medical device manufacturers in the world, has confirmed suffering a cyberattack in which crooks “accessed data in certain Medtronic corporate IT systems.” In a security notification published on its website, Medtronic said the attack does Read More …

Telus probes cybersecurity incident that ‘ShinyHunters’ group claims responsibility for

Canadian telecommunications and business services firm Telus is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to some ‌of its systems, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. The ShinyHunters hacking group told Reuters in a message it stole at least 700 Read More …

ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist

ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself. “Have stolen data from almost 400 websites and about 100 essential high profile companies Snowflake, Okta, Read More …

ShinyHunters demands $1.5M not to leak Vegas casino and resort chain data

Las Vegas hotel and casino giant Wynn Resorts appears to be the latest victim of data-grabbing and extortion gang ShinyHunters. On Friday, the cybercrime crew listed the hospitality company on its blog, claiming to have stolen more than 800,000 records Read More …

Match, Hinge, OkCupid, and Panera Bread breached by ransomware group

The ShinyHunters ransomware group has claimed the theft of data containing 10 million records belonging to the Match Group and 14 million records from bakery-café chain Panera Bread. The Match Group, that runs multiple popular online dating services like Tinder, Read More …