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ReliaQuest confirms failed data-theft attack after ShinyHunters breach

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. [...]

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