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2022 SMS phishing — 16k employee records

2022 16.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Employee data, Internal documents

Technical writeup

HR employee phished; Slack account compromised. Names, emails, phone numbers, salaries, job titles, office locations, internal docs. Game release schedules for Call of Duty. Employees not notified until public disclosure.

Root cause

SMS phishing; HR credential compromise.

References