Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people

Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people
The ShinyHunters extortion group breached ADT earlier this month and published an 11GB archive of stolen personal information, with Have I Been Pwned estimating 5.5 million affected. ADT said the April 20 intrusion exposed names, phone numbers, addresses and, in a small percentage of cases, dates of birth and last four digits of SSNs/Tax IDs, but no payment data or customer security systems were compromised. #ShinyHunters #ADT

Keypoints

  • ShinyHunters leaked an 11GB cache after failing to extort ADT.
  • Have I Been Pwned analyzed the data and reported 5.5 million unique individuals affected.
  • ADT detected the breach on April 20 and confirmed limited access to personal information.
  • Attackers claimed to gain access by vishing an employee’s Okta SSO and extracting data from Salesforce.
  • ShinyHunters has conducted widespread vishing campaigns targeting SSO accounts and connected SaaS platforms.

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