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

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

3 Key Points

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

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

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

  4. Hackers are attempting to sell the stolen data

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