ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests
2026-10-08T19:23:22Z•bcc7fcb8650f2a60fc8e169751f03fef62a0364aa1681b6325d20fa420639f9d
AT&TMicrosoft-vulnerabilitiesShinyHuntersSnowflakeTeamPCPVerizoncybercrimedark-webdata-extortionidentity-theftlaw-enforcementpatch-managementransomwarestolen-drivers-licensessupply-chain-attacktelecommunications-data
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity reporting highlights major cybercrime investigations, arrests, extortion campaigns, large-scale data theft, identity-document trafficking, software supply-chain attacks, and extensive Microsoft vulnerability remediation. Notable incidents include ShinyHunters activity targeting a Boeing divestiture and other victims, TeamPCP supply-chain compromises, theft of Snowflake-hosted data and telecommunications metadata, and a dark-web service offering more than 153 million driver’s-license scans. The feed also reports Microsoft patch releases addressing hundreds of vulnerabilities, at
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- 2026-10-08T19:23:22Z
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