ShinyHunters Claims 1PB Data Heist From Telus Digital
Canadian outsourcing giant confirms security breach after hackers claim massive multi-month data theft.
Telus Digital has confirmed a security incident following bold claims from notorious hacking group ShinyHunters. The threat actors say they swiped approximately 1 petabyte of data from the Canadian business process outsourcing giant over a multi-month breach.
One petabyte. That's roughly a million gigabytes of data, allegedly exfiltrated from one of Canada's biggest outsourcing operations. The sheer scale of the claimed theft puts this among the largest reported breaches in recent memory.
ShinyHunters — a group with a well-documented track record of high-profile breaches — went public with the claims before Telus Digital acknowledged the incident. The company has confirmed the security event but details remain thin on what data was compromised and how long attackers maintained access.
For a company handling business processes for major clients, the implications of a breach this size could be enormous.