Vercel, the cloud platform behind the widely used Next.js web framework, has acknowledged a security breach after an attacker compromised a third-party AI tool called Context.ai and used it to gain access to a Vercel employee's enterprise Google Workspace account.
The breach exposed non-sensitive environment variables, and a threat actor operating under the ShinyHunters name has claimed responsibility, reportedly seeking $2 million for the stolen data. Vercel said it has engaged Google-owned incident response firm Mandiant, notified law enforcement, and contacted a limited subset of affected customers directly.
