Social engineering incidents
277 entries spanning 1995 to 2026. Filter by how the attacker reached the human, what it cost, and whether AI was involved.
Air France and KLM disclose breach of third-party customer service platform
Air France-KLM · France
Air France and KLM disclosed in August 2025 that attackers had accessed a third-party platform used for customer service, exposing names, contact details, Flying Blue loyalty numbers and the subject lines of customer emails. The airlines said no passwords, passport details or payment data were involved. Reporting linked the incident to the ShinyHunters-led Salesforce data-theft campaign.
Adidas customer data stolen through third-party customer service provider
Adidas · Germany
Adidas disclosed in late May 2025 that an unauthorised external party had obtained consumer data through a third-party customer service provider. The data consisted mainly of contact details of people who had previously contacted the company's help desk; Adidas said no passwords or payment data were affected. Security reporting placed the incident within the ShinyHunters Salesforce campaign.
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