Threat actor
ShinyHunters
Last fetched
ShinyHunters is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 46 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
UNC6240, Bling Libra
Description
[ShinyHunters](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1057) is a cyber criminal collective that has been active since at least 2019 operating under the ShinyCorp persona. [ShinyHunters](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1057) has targeted multiple industries and geographic regions gathering legitimate credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) for resale or extortion of victims. [ShinyHunters](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1057) has been associated with the broader collective called The Community, also known as The Com whose members have also included [Scattered Spider](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1015) and [LAPSUS$](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1004). Public reporting has mentioned a variety of names for operations [ShinyHunters](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1057) members have reportedly conducted with members of other groups, including “Scattered Lapsus Hunters,” “Scattered Lapsus Shiny Hunters,” and “SLSH.”(Citation: ElecticIQ Buyukkaya_ShinyHunters_Sept2025)(Citation: SOCRadar_ShinyHunters_Mar2024)(Citation: Unit42KelleyVaya_BlingLibra_Aug2024)(Citation: Intel471_SH_Aug2021)(Citation: FBI_SHLMS_May2026)(Citation: Google_SHOracle_Jun2026)(Citation: Mandiant_SHDataTheft_Jan2026)(Citation: Google Salesforce JUN 2025)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to ShinyHunters today — this states the absence of a published link, not that ShinyHunters has no infrastructure.
References
- https://cyberwarzone.com/shinyhunters-22-year-old-member-pleads-guilty-to-cyber-extortion-causing-6-million-in-damage/
- https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/pizza-hut-australia-leaks-one-million-customers-details-claims-shinyhunters-hacking-group/
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/alleged-french-cybercriminal-appear-seattle-indictment-conspiracy-computer-intrusion
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/shinyhunters-targets-education-sector-oracle-exploit
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/shinyhunters-renewed-mass-exploitation-campaign-targeting-oracle-peoplesoft
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1057
- https://blog.eclecticiq.com/shinyhunters-calling-financially-motivated-data-extortion-group-targeting-enterprise-cloud-applications
- https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260515
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/voice-phishing-data-extortion
- https://www.intel471.com/blog/shinyhunters-data-breach-mitre-attack
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/shinyhunters-ransomware-extortion/
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/expansion-shinyhunters-saas-data-theft
- https://socradar.io/dark-web-profile-shinyhunters/
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Related pages
Pivot from ShinyHunters into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.