ShinyHunters

Threat Actor
149 incidents First seen 2026-10-02 Last seen 2026-10-30
Overview

ShinyHunters is a cyber criminal collective that has been active since at least 2019 operating under the ShinyCorp persona. ShinyHunters has targeted multiple industries and geographic regions gathering legitimate credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) for resale or extortion of victims. ShinyHunters has been associated with the broader collective called The Community, also known as The Com whose members have also included Scattered Spider and LAPSUS$. Public reporting has mentioned a variety of names for operations ShinyHunters members have reportedly conducted with members of other groups, including “Scattered Lapsus Hunters,” “Scattered Lapsus Shiny Hunters,” and “SLSH.”

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At a glance
peak priority 255 56 techniques 1 tools & malware in ATT&CK since 2026-07-29 updated 2026-07-31 · v1.0
Activity by month (incidents)
2026-052026-10
Sectors targeted
health · 37technology · 29government · 23education · 20finance · 15manufacturing · 10cryptocurrency · 8retail · 8logistics · 7media · 7
Countries targeted
US · 81CA · 37GB · 26RU · 20DE · 14NL · 14CN · 13AU · 12CH · 12BE · 11IT · 11FR · 10
Origin
US · 21CA · 15CN · 10JO · 9NL · 9RU · 9
Kinds of incident
Data Breach · 63Ransomware & Extortion · 24Cyberattack (general) · 20Exploited Vulnerability · 13Law Enforcement · 13Phishing & Social Engineering · 10
Techniques seen in incidents
Extortion · 83Ransomware · 76Phishing · 63Data Breach · 52Social Engineering · 31T1588.001 - Malware · 23Data Leak · 20T1584.004 - Server · 19Exfiltration · 18Reconnaissance · 16T1566 - Phishing · 16T1588.002 - Tool · 16T1592.001 - Hardware · 16T1592.002 - Software · 16
Related malware
Qilin · 12SysUpdate · 5BlackCat · 3Neo-reGeorg · 3Shai-Hulud · 2Umbreon · 2CanisterWorm · 1DDoSia · 1
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-35273 · 13CVE-2026-85046 · 3CVE-2025-61882 · 2CVE-2026-101767 · 2CVE-2026-42608 · 2CVE-2026-72898 · 2CVE-2026-81578 · 2CVE-2026-82078 · 2CVE-2023-34362 · 1CVE-2024-34102 · 1
ATT&CK techniques by tactic (56)
reconnaissance T1589.001 Credentials T1593.003 Code Repositories T1595.002 Vulnerability Scanning T1598 Phishing for Information T1598.003 Spearphishing Link
resource development T1583.001 Domains T1583.004 Server T1585.002 Email Accounts T1587.004 Exploits T1588.002 Tool T1588.007 Artificial Intelligence
initial access T1078 Valid Accounts T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1059.009 Cloud API T1072 Software Deployment Tools T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
persistence T1078 Valid Accounts T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
privilege escalation T1078 Valid Accounts T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
credential access T1110 Brute Force T1528 Steal Application Access Token T1552.001 Credentials In Files
discovery T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery T1018 Remote System Discovery T1069.003 Cloud Groups T1082 System Information Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery T1580 Cloud Infrastructure Discovery T1619 Cloud Storage Object Discovery
lateral movement T1072 Software Deployment Tools T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services T1550.001 Application Access Token
collection T1213.003 Code Repositories T1213.006 Databases T1530 Data from Cloud Storage T1560.002 Archive via Library
command and control T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1219 Remote Access Tools T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography
exfiltration T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
impact T1485 Data Destruction T1491.001 Internal Defacement T1657 Financial Theft
stealth T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1078 Valid Accounts T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1684 Social Engineering
Tools & malware it uses
Tor
Incident timeline
2026-10-28
Oracle celebrates end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with quadruple trouble
2026-10-28
Researchers Say ShinyHunters-Exploited PeopleSoft Zero-Day Chains Three Flaws
AlienVault OTX
2026-10-28
Unwrapping Retail Peak Season Cyber Threats
2026-10-28
Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months in US Prison
2026-10-28
Hackers now scanning systems for recently-patched Oracle flaw
2026-10-28
ShinyHunters-Exploited Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day Turns Out to Be Three Chained Flaws
2026-10-27
CVE-2026-35273: SSRF to RCE in Oracle PeopleSoft
2026-10-26
Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts
2026-10-20
FBI Suspects Cybersecurity Executive Helped ShinyHunters Run Extortion Website
AlienVault OTX
2026-10-19
ConnectWise Disables Cloud Backups Amid Concerns for Downstream MSPs
2026-10-19
Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site
AlienVault OTX
2026-10-19
Beyond the mailbox: Graph reconnaissance and ServiceNow user enumeration in a modern identity intrusion
2026-10-16
When Your Ransomware Negotiator Works for the Other Side
2026-10-16
Exclusive 'Shinnyeong Hunters' Founder Aegis Account Claims to Sell 1TB of Korean Defense Ministry and BNSA Related Data for $300,000
2026-10-14
Ransomware gets personal: 'We-know-where-you-are kind of stuff'
2026-10-14
Ransomware gets personal: 'We-know-where-you-are kind of stuff'
2026-10-13
ShinyHunters: Six Years of Cybercrime — Expert Analysis and Ransomware Group Perspectives
2026-10-12
Prominent Ransomware Negotiator Faces Extortion Charges
2026-10-08
Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme
2026-10-08
FortiBleed Attackers Locking Victims Out of Fortinet Devices
2026-10-07
Qilin Ransomware Suspect Arrested in Japan, Extradited to Germany
2026-10-06
Social Engineering Detection Moves Into the Live Conversation
2026-10-02
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2026-10-02
In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US