ShinyHunters hackers breach Vercel development platform through compromised AI tool, threatening to sell stolen employee data

Vercel, a major web app hosting and deployment platform, confirmed a security incident affecting a limited subset of customers

ShinyHunters group—behind the recent Rockstar Games hack—claimed responsibility and posted employee names, email addresses, and activity timestamps online

Attack vector was a compromised third-party AI tool, though Vercel did not identify which vendor was involved

Hackers are attempting to sell the stolen data