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ShinyHunters taunts ReliaQuest after its own employee falls for social engineering attack

  • What: ReliaQuest employee fell for social engineering attack
  • Impact: Employees of cybersecurity companies and their identity systems
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Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its own employees fell for a social engineering attack, handing attackers a password and a brief window into the company’s identity system. The admission came after the extortion group ShinyHunters posted screenshots on its leak site, claiming a bigger win. The incident was preceded by an unusual exchange on X several days earlier. Last week, on August 17, ReliaQuest Threat Research posted on X about a wider … More → The post ShinyHunters taunts ReliaQuest after its own employee falls for social engineering attack appeared first on Help Net Security .

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