On August 24-25, 2026, cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest confirmed it successfully blocked a data theft attempt by the hacker group ShinyHunters. The attack involved social engineering: criminals impersonated a ReliaQuest security team member to trick an employee into compromising credentials.
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Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. [...]
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Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu rity/reliaquest-confirms-failed-data-theft-attack-after-shinyhunters-breach/
ReliaQuest Blocks Data Theft Attempt Following ShinyHunters Social Engineering Attack ReliaQuest successfully blocked a data theft attempt by the ShinyHunters group after an employee was tricked into providing credentials via a vishing and phishing attack. Device-trust controls prevented the attackers from accessing internal applications or customer data. **** # cybersecurity # infosec # incident