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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 62 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

the stolen data consisted of “basic and largely publicly available business information, such as business names and contact details.”

fuck you google for trying to claim the leak wasn’t that big a deal because most of the data was public anyway. lol.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago

They're priming the pump for that impending "oopsie" op ed.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 31 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

I was of a firm belief that Google and Apple will never be breached. They might be bad at privacy but they are good at security. First time for everything.

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 15 hours ago

This was not a breach of iCloud, this was a breach of specific user accounts, as in the user's passwords were guessed or the user gave the attackers their password through social engineering.

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

Ah yes, the Fappening, great times

[–] letraset@feddit.dk 11 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Google was also breached in Operation Aurora (2009), although a much more targeted breach:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago
[–] taco@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Google has 182k employees as of 2023 (at least according to Wikipedia). There's no way to have that many people and not have one slip up once in a while.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Important stuff is usually handled by few of them.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

Fewer than the thousands before. Thanks, Jippity!

FTFY

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

i doubt that anyone is immune.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago

I know but these are the guys I would trust with my data (security wise)

[–] dangercake@feddit.uk 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

But did they? It looks like Salesforce was breached, where Google stored details of businesses, or did I miss something?

[–] piefood@feddit.online 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

If a company uses an insecure vendor that gets breached, isn't that still, by defnition, a breach of the company's data?

If you outsource your security to a less-than-reputable company, don't be surprised when you get less-than-reputable security.

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

isn’t that still, by defnition, a breach of the company’s data?

In a sense, kind of. But it doesn't demonstrate penetration of infrastructure built and maintained by Google. So there's perhaps a judgment issue, but not a demonstration of their own security capabilities being compromised.

[–] taco@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago

Yes. It may deflect some of the legal responsibility, but it's still more of a "how they got breached" than "they didn't get breached."

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Forbes article:

Salesforce attacked by ShinyHunters in June

June article by BleepingComputer:

Salesforce attacked by ShinyHunters in June

Coincidence? I don't think so.

[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 19 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Oh crap, now they have my phone number and I'm going to get scam calls that people can't find my business listing.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 6 points 14 hours ago

Oh shit, now I'm gonna start getting calls about my vehicle's extended warranty expiring!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Is this salesforce breach or different event?

[–] dangercake@feddit.uk 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's not when you can make headlines like "Google hacked"

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 17 hours ago

Well there one reddit like that yesterday? But it was salesfore that got breached but DC was Google owned