30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via Google AppSheet Phishing Campaign
2026-05-01T19:24:11Z•72cf4d6cf10a6d53afd7efd0ea044f30f7b872dbe3444e1e4e8cffdac4d4cf06
APTCI/DevOps-compromiseGitHub-facadesGo-modulesPyPIRubyGemsSSO-abuseaccount-takeoveractively-exploited-vulnerabilitiescredential-theftlocal-privilege-escalationmalwarenpmphishingphishing-relayransomwareremote-code-executionsupply-chainvishingwiper
What happened
A multi-topic feed from The Hacker News highlights a surge in high-impact attacks and supply-chain abuse: a Vietnamese-linked phishing relay using Google AppSheet (AccountDumpling) compromised ~30,000 Facebook accounts; rapid SaaS extortion campaigns leverage vishing and SSO abuse (Cordial Spider, Snarky Spider); China-aligned espionage (SHADOW-EARTH-053) targets governments, NATO state, journalists and activists; and multiple supply-chain campaigns (malicious Ruby gems, Go modules, npm/PyPI packages including PyTorch Lightning and SAP-related npm packages) are being used for credential theft,
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- the_hacker_news
- Record identifier
- 72cf4d6cf10a6d53afd7efd0ea044f30f7b872dbe3444e1e4e8cffdac4d4cf06
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-01T19:24:11Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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