A group of cybercriminals called ShinyHunters say they hacked users' personal data from ten websites or apps and put it on the dark web for sale. In all, the hackers claim to have marketed information concerning as many as 73.2 million people, reports ZD Net on Saturday May 9. They made public some of the data concerned in order to prove its authenticity.
These samples show that the hackers are indeed in possession of private information. Even if they do not allow to date to prove the extent of data theft indicated by cybercriminals. The latter illegally offer the contents of each of the ten databases they hacked for around 18,000 dollars, around 16,500 euros in the evening.
Dating apps or delivery sites
Among the pirated platforms, we find the Zoosk dating app and the Chatbooks printing service. Hackers claim to hold the personal information of respectively 30 and 15 million users of these two sites. The main meal delivery company Home Chef (8 million customers affected by the theft), the South Korean fashion giant SocialShare (6 million) and the private sales site Minted (5 million) are among the other main victims.
Other platforms successfully hacked by ShinyHunters are the Indonesian e-commerce specialist Bhinneka and the online media Chronicle of Higher Education, StarTribune, Mindful and GGuMim. The group of cybercriminals had already distinguished themselves by successfully accessing all of the databases of Tokopedia, the number one Internet sales in Indonesia.
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