ShinyHunters Just Dumped 15 BILLION Salesforce Records. You’re Welcome.

Oh, joy. Another data breach. Apparently, some clowns calling themselves ShinyHunters have “acquired” – let’s call it what it is: *stolen* – a frankly ridiculous amount of Salesforce data. Fifteen billion records, they claim. FIFTEEN BILLION. That’s enough to fill a small moon with PII and marketing garbage.

How did this happen? Drift, that chat platform Salesforce bought, was the weak link. Some misconfigured integrations, some questionable security practices (shocker!), and boom – access granted to these script kiddies. They’ve been selling off chunks of it since January, because *of course* they have.

Salesforce is downplaying things as usual, saying “limited” data was accessed. Limited? Fifteen billion records feels a bit more than limited, don’t you think? They’re scrambling to patch holes now, but honestly, it’s like locking the barn door after all the horses have bolted and joined a ransomware gang.

Expect phishing campaigns, identity theft, and a whole lot of annoyed customers. And if *you* use Salesforce? Change your damn passwords. Now. And maybe consider switching to carrier pigeons; they’re probably more secure at this point.

Source: ShinyHunters claims 15 billion Salesforce records stolen in Drift hacks

Speaking of security failures, reminds me of the time a sysadmin left the root password for a critical server taped to the monitor. Taped! To! The! Monitor! I swear, some people shouldn’t be allowed near computers, let alone responsible for protecting sensitive data. It’s just… infuriating.

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