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ShinyHunters claim to be behind SSO-account data theft attacks

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it is behind a wave of ongoing voice phishing attacks targeting single sign-on (SSO) accounts at Okta, Microsoft, and Google, enabling threat actors to breach corporate SaaS platforms and steal company data for extortion. In these attacks, threat actors impersonate IT support and call employees, tricking them into entering their credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes on phishing sites that impersonate company login portals. Once compromised, the attackers gain access to the victim's SSO account, which can provide access to other connected enterprise applications and services. SSO services from Okta, Microsoft Entra, and Google enable companies to link third-party applications into a single authentication flow, giving employees access…

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Jan 23, 2026
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