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Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield hit by two separate cybercrime groups

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Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed a data security incident resulting from a vishing attack, where an employee was socially engineered. The company has initiated incident response protocols and is working with third-party experts to investigate. Two cybercrime groups, ShinyHunters and Qilin, have separately claimed responsibility for attacks, with ShinyHunters alleging the theft of over 500,000 Salesforce records containing personal and corporate data. AI

RANK_REASON This is a report of a cyberattack and data breach affecting a company, not a release of AI technology or a discussion of AI policy.

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Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield hit by two separate cybercrime groups

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Connor Jones ·

    Real estate giant confirms vishing incident as ShinyHunters and Qilin both come knocking

    <h4>Cushman &amp; Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats</h4> <p>Real estate giant Cushman &amp; Wakefield has confirmed a data breach after two cybercrime groups, ShinyHunters and Qilin, separately claimed responsibilit…

  2. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Real estate giant confirms vishing incident as ShinyHunters and Qilin both come knocking

    Cushman & Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats

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