Google Warns Hackers Stealing Salesforce Data From Companies (1)

A hacking group has been impersonating IT personnel to break into companies’ Salesforce tools, using the access for data theft and extortion, according to a new report from Google’s threat intelligence group.

The hackers, which have links to a loosely affiliated group of hackers largely based in the US, UK and Western Europe called the Com, successfully breached the networks of at least 20 companies in the US and Europe, Google said.

They operate by calling up employees and pretending to be IT support personnel, convincing them to provide sensitive credentials and using that to steal Salesforce data, Google said ...