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Educational company McGraw Hill says Salesforce misconfiguration led to data leak

·Source: The Record

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Executive Summary

The data breach emerged this weekend when the ShinyHunters cybercriminal organization claimed to have stolen 45 million Salesforce records and threatened to leak the information by April 14 if a ransom was not paid.

Analysis

The data breach emerged this weekend when the ShinyHunters cybercriminal organization claimed to have stolen 45 million Salesforce records and threatened to leak the information by April 14 if a ransom was not paid.
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Record on Apr 15, 2026.

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