The threat actors responsible for a significant wave of data theft attacks that affected Salesforce’s customers this year will neither be negotiated with or paid a ransom by the company, Salesforce has stated.
Salesforce sent customers an email on Tuesday informing them that they would not be paying a ransom and cautioning that “credible threat intelligence” suggests the threat actors intended to release the stolen data, as Bloomberg originally reported.
I can attest that Salesforce has told BleepingComputer that it would not interact with, deal with, or pay any extortion demands.
This declaration comes after threat actors known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters launched a data leak website in an effort to extort 39 businesses whose data was taken from Salesforce. Named after the infamous BreachForums website, a hacker community that is notorious for selling read more about Salesforce refuses to pay ransom over widespread data theft attacks.
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