Hacking Group Claims Theft of 12.4 Million CarGurus Records

Group 1 - A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 12.4 million to 12.5 million records from CarGurus, a car shopping site, and subsequently published the data [2][3] - The compromised data includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, IP addresses, and phone numbers [3] - ShinyHunters has a history of data breaches, including a previous incident involving Google, where they accessed a Salesforce database through social engineering tactics [7] Group 2 - The reported data breach at CarGurus is part of a broader trend of data breaches affecting various companies, including Conduent Business Services, which impacted over 25 million individuals [9] - PayPal also experienced a data exposure incident affecting about 100 customers due to an error in its loan application process [9]