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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Rohit David

Google's Data Breach: Cyber Disaster in the Making as Salesforce Hack Sparks Concern

Google’s Salesforce breach by ShinyHunters in June 2025 exposed business info via voice phishing. (Credit: Antoni Shkraba Studio: Pexels)

Google has confirmed a data breach involving one of its Salesforce databases, compromised in June 2025 by the hacking group ShinyHunters, also known as UNC6040.

The breach was part of a wider voice phishing campaign targeting Salesforce users, and resulted in the exposure of basic business information belonging to small and medium-sized enterprises.

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