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Google says hackers stole its customers' data in a breach of its Salesforce database
TechCrunchยท2025-08-06 12:05

ShinyHunters is known for targeting big companies and their cloud-based databases. Google has confirmed that some customers' information has been stolen in a recent breach of one of its databases. In a blog post late on Tuesday, Google's Threat Intelligence Group said one of its Salesforce database systems, used to store contact information and related notes for small and medium businesses, was breached by a hacking group popularly known as ShinyHunters, formally designated as UNC6040. "The data retrieved b ...