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Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity

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Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity

Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion group ShinyHunters have spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the trust…

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