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

[SOURCE] Help Net Security [AUTHOR: Sinisa Markovic] [DATE: 25/08/2026 09:24] [LANGUAGE: EN]
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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