The ShinyHunters extortion group breached Brinks Home via a Microsoft Entra voice phishing (vishing) attack against employee accounts, leading to the exfiltration of over 1.1 million rows of customer data from Salesforce, employee data, and millions of chat logs. The company confirmed the attacker's threat to release the data and is investigating the full scope, while warning customers of potential follow-on phishing attempts. The breach did not impact the company's core alarm monitoring and system functionality.
Breach Brinks Home confirms data breach after ShinyHunters claims attack July 30, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) Residential security company Brinks Home has disclosed that hackers breached some of its systems and are threatening to leak allegedly stolen data, based on information published by Bleeping Computer. Brinks Home identified the attack on July 20, though the ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed the breach occurred on July 13. The attackers allege they used a Microsoft Entra voice phishing (vishing) attack to gain access to employee accounts and exfiltrated over 1.1 million rows of customer data from Salesforce, along with data on Brinks Home employees and over 3.8 million customer support chat logs. Brinks Home confirmed that the attacker "has threatened to release information it claims to have taken" and is investigating to determine exactly what information was involved. The company is warning customers about potential phishing attempts impersonating Brinks Home or other parties involved in the response. The intrusion did not impact the company’s alarm monitoring and system functionality. Source: Bleeping Computer SC Staff Related Breach Stack Sports notifies users of payment card data exposure SC Staff July 29, 2026 Stack Sports discovered suspicious activity on June 8, 2026, after its internal security monitoring systems detected unauthorized activity affecting the Sports Affinity platform. Breach Origin Energy confirms data breach impacting millions of customers SC Staff July 24, 2026 Following insights from Bleeping Computer, Australian energy provider Origin Energy has confirmed a significant data breach affecting potentially millions of its customers, exposing a range of personally identifiable information. Breach Estée Lauder customer data compromised in Oracle E-Business Suite breach SC Staff July 21, 2026 The breach at Estée Lauder, a New York-based cosmetics firm with $14.3 billion in annual revenue, resulted from the exploitation of a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically impacting versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Attack Vector You can skip this ad in 5 seconds