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Salesforce hacked with threat to release 1 billion customer records

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2025-10-11 09:37:53 from the pay up or else dept.
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CRM giant Salesforce has been hacked affectng Qantas [news.com.au] and other large corporations. While Salesforce claims to be number 1 in the world, a big claim in the presence of SAP and Microsoft, this recent hack shows that no system is completely secure. More than a billion records have been stolen from the 39 companies, including the Qantas Frequent Flyers program, Toyota, Disney, McDonalds, and HBO Max. Hackers have threatened to release this personal data unless Salesforce pay a ransom.

Problem is that when you start paying ransoms you don't stop paying.

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