A threat actor supposedly formed of members of known hacking groups has claimed the theft of large amounts of data from dozens of Salesforce customers. Calling themselves Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, the miscreants appear to be members of the notorious Lapsus$, Scattered Spider, and ShinyHunters groups. Lapsus$ has been inactive since 2022, when Scattered Spider emerged. ShinyHunters first appeared in 2020 and joined forces with Scattered Spider earlier this year. They jointly

Hackers claiming to have accessed and stolen nearly 1 billion Salesforce records set up a site on the dark web late last week, demanding a ransom from 39 companies and Salesforce itself before releasing the records. The hackers gave a deadline of Oct. 10, 2025. The hackers, who go by the moniker Shiny Hunters and published the list on a site they call Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, published what they claimed were samples of stolen data from brands like Adidas, Cisco, FedEx, Dis

A notorious hacking group has launched a dark web extortion site claiming to have stolen nearly 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases, targeting dozens of major companies that use the cloud platform for customer management. The group, known as “Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters” and linked to ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and LAPSUS$, demands ransom payments to prevent the release of sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII) from entities l

Cybercriminals connected to a recent string of ransomware attacks on major British retailers said on Friday they had stolen almost 1 billion records from cloud technology giant Salesforce (CRM.N), opens new tab by focusing on companies that use its software. A group calling itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters" told Reuters it had obtained the Salesforce records, and said they contain personally identifiable information. The group also claimed responsibility for the hacks of Ma

Cybercriminals connected to a recent string of ransomware attacks on major British retailers said on Friday they had stolen almost 1 billion records from cloud technology giant Salesforce ( CRM ) by focusing on companies that use its software. A group calling itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters" told Reuters it had obtained the Salesforce ( CRM ) records, and said they contain personally identifiable information. The group also claimed responsibility for the hacks of Marks &

Salesforce announced this week it is expanding its data, governance, security and semantics capabilities across its platform as it continues to build trust in AI and agentic AI in particular.  It’s no secret Salesforce bet big on AI agents with its Agentforce product, but before agents can go mainstream, there’s a level of trust that needs to be established. Indications are we’re not quite there.  More than 80% of AI projects fail to deliver value, often because of poor data

Salesforce Inc.  is expanding its artificial intelligence platform with new data management and governance capabilities, aiming to address what the company says is a crisis in enterprise AI adoption where more than 80% of projects fail to deliver meaningful business value. The San Francisco-based software giant announced Thursday a suite of new tools designed to create what it calls a "trusted AI foundation" for enterprises struggling with fragmented data, weak governance, an

Salesforce has unveiled new innovations for the Salesforce Platform, Data Cloud, MuleSoft, and Tableau in its bid to become the central operating system for the enterprise AI ecosystem. As Salesforce pushes further into agentic AI, its aim is to evolve Salesforce Platform from an application for building AI to a foundational operating system for enterprise AI ecosystems. The CRM giant took a step toward that vision today, announcing innovations across the Salesforce Platform

Perficient , the global consultancy transforming the world’s most innovative enterprises through AI-first solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Salesforce , the world’s #1 AI CRM. This unique partnership has been developed to capture a pivotal opportunity as AI drives a seismic shift across industries. Together, Perficient and Salesforce are making a joint commitment to help businesses evolve into agentic enterprises to enhance employee performance, unify d

Salesforce Inc. has introduced a collection of new tools designed to support customers’ artificial intelligence initiatives. The first set of features, which debuted today, will help organizations manage the data they use to power their AI models. Salesforce says that the new capabilities make it easier to secure AI models’ data and ensure their prompt responses are reliable. The enhancements are rolling out alongside Agentforce Vibes, a vibe coding tool that was announced