Other threat group: ShinyHunters| Names | ShinyHunters (self given) | |
| Country | [Unknown] | |
| Motivation | Financial gain | |
| First seen | 2020 | |
| Description | (ZeroFOX) ShinyHunters is taking a page out of the book of Gnosticplayers, the breach data broker who in 2018-2019 pilfered billions of records from dozens of companies and sold them online. Due to the verification of the Tokopedia breach by multiple researchers and the company itself, ZeroFOX Alpha Team has HIGH confidence that these new breaches are legitimate, and will most likely be available on other breach marketplaces at lower prices in the near future. It is likely that this actor will continue to breach companies and post their content for sale. These tactics proved both successful and profitable for gnosticplayers, and it is likely they will continue to appeal to other breach brokers for these reasons. | |
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| Operations performed | Jan 2020 | Hacker leaks 40 million user records from popular Wishbone app <https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-selling-40-million-user-records-from-popular-wishbone-app/> |
| Jan 2020 | 25 million user records leak online from popular math app Mathway <https://www.zdnet.com/article/25-million-user-records-leak-online-from-popular-math-app-mathway/> | |
| Mar 2020 | Hacker leaks 15 million records from Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest online store <https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-15-million-records-from-tokopedia-indonesias-largest-online-store/> | |
| Mar 2020 | A hacker claims to have stolen over 500GB of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories, BleepingComputer has learned. <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsofts-github-account-hacked-private-repositories-stolen/> | |
| Mar 2020 | Hackers sell stolen user data from HomeChef, ChatBooks, and Chronicle <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/> | |
| May 2020 | Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million users. <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-sells-22-million-unacademy-user-records-after-data-breach/> | |
| Jun 2020 | Havenly discloses data breach after 1.3M accounts leaked online <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/havenly-discloses-data-breach-after-13m-accounts-leaked-online/> | |
| Jul 2020 | An allegedly stolen Wattpad database containing 270 million records were being sold in private sales for over $100,000. Now it is being offered for free on hacker forums. <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wattpad-data-breach-exposes-account-info-for-millions-of-users/> | |
| Jul 2020 | Tech unicorn Dave admits to security breach impacting 7.5 million users <https://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-unicorn-dave-admits-to-security-breach-impacting-7-5-million-users/> | |
| Jul 2020 | Promo.com discloses data breach after 22M user records leaked online <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/promocom-discloses-data-breach-after-22m-user-records-leaked-online/> | |
| Nov 2020 | ShinyHunters hacker leaks 5.22GB worth of Mashable.com database <https://www.hackread.com/shinyhunters-hacker-leaks-mashable-database/> | |
| Information | <https://www.zerofox.com/blog/shinyhunters-breach/> <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-group-floods-dark-web-with-data-stolen-from-11-companies/> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hacker-group-is-selling-more-than-73-million-user-records-on-the-dark-web/> <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-leaks-386-million-user-records-from-18-companies-for-free/> <https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/anatomy-breach-criminal-data-brokers-hit-dave-a-14715> | |
Last change to this card: 05 January 2021
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