By Guru Baran
Publication Date: 2026-04-01 10:55:00
The notorious cybercriminal group ShinyHunters has allegedly claimed responsibility for three separate data breaches targeting Cisco Systems, Inc., asserting that over 3 million Salesforce records containing personally identifiable information (PII), GitHub repositories, AWS S3 buckets, and other sensitive internal corporate data have been compromised.
Security researcher Dominic Alvieri detailed that on ShinyHunters’ data leak site, which flagged Cisco with a “FINAL WARNING” notice, demanding the company reach out before April 3, 2026, or face public data exposure.
The listing, updated March 31, 2026, indicates a record count of over 3 million and references three distinct breach vectors: Salesforce CRM, Salesforce Aura (Experience Cloud), and AWS account environments.
ShinyHunters is a prolific black-hat hacker and extortion group believed to have formed around 2019 and has since evolved into one of…
