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title: Google Hit by Salesforce Hack That Targeted Multiple Major Companies
description: Google revealed a data breach of its Salesforce instance by UNC6040, impacting multiple major companies. Attackers stole business contact info and issued extortion demands. Read more about the incident and its implications.
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# Google Hit by Salesforce Hack That Targeted Multiple Major Companies

Google revealed a data breach of its Salesforce instance by UNC6040, impacting multiple major companies. Attackers stole business contact info and issued extortion demands. Read more about the incident and its implications.

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Google disclosed Tuesday that hackers breached its corporate Salesforce instance in June, stealing contact information for small and medium businesses. The attack was carried out by threat group UNC6040, linked to notorious cybercrime groups Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters. The same campaign has hit Adidas, Cisco, Dior, and others through sophisticated phishing attacks targeting Salesforce customers. Google says the stolen data was mostly publicly available business information like company names and contact details. The hackers follow up with extortion demands, threatening victims to pay bitcoin within 72 hours or face data leaks. Source: [Security Week](https://www.securityweek.com/google-discloses-salesforce-hack/)

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