[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-shinyhunters-says-it-phished-ringcentral-staff-for-16m-records":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},4995,"shinyhunters-says-it-phished-ringcentral-staff-for-16m-records","ShinyHunters Says It Phished RingCentral Staff for 1.6M Records","ShinyHunters says a voice-phishing call, not a hack, got it 1.6 million RingCentral records now logged by Have I Been Pwned.","RingCentral's breach didn't need malware - just a convincing phone call.\n\nHave I Been Pwned has logged 1.6 million records tied to RingCentral, following a leak first reported on August 14. A spokesperson for the extortion group ShinyHunters says the group got in by voice-phishing a RingCentral employee - calling and talking their way past whatever verification was in place. There's no claim of a software exploit or unpatched vulnerability behind this one. RingCentral itself has not confirmed the intrusion; the account so far comes solely from ShinyHunters.\n\nThat distinction matters. A patchable flaw gets a patch. A staffer who can be talked into handing over access is a much harder problem, and it's the same playbook ShinyHunters and similar groups have leaned on across a string of recent breaches. If the claim holds up, 1.6 million records left RingCentral not because of bad code, but because of a well-rehearsed script and a receptive ear.\n\nFirewalls don't answer the phone. People do - and that's still the softest target in the building.","[\"shinyhunters\",\"ringcentral\",\"voice-phishing\",\"data-breach\"]","2026-08-15T12:28:13.000Z","2026-08-15T12:50:38.154Z","2026-08-15T12:50:49.984Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Drop or attribute the claim that vishing 'has become ShinyHunters' signature move' — the supplied source material only covers this single RingCentral incident and doesn't establish a pattern, so stating it as established fact is unsupported.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The opening line states RingCentral 'confirmed' the 1.6 million record leak, but the source material only shows Have I Been Pwned logging the dataset and a ShinyHunters spokesperson claiming responsibility — there's no RingCentral confirmation in the source, so attribute the claim accurately (to ShinyHunters\u002FHIBP) rather than presenting it as company-confirmed fact.","security",[36,37,38,39],"shinyhunters","ringcentral","voice-phishing","data-breach",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fshinyhunters-ringcentral-leak-voice-phishing-ey",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",3293,"2026-08-20T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":34,"count":54,"latest_published_at":51},"Security",435,{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Policy","policy",210,"2026-08-19T09:32:27.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Hardware","hardware",140,"2026-08-19T18:25:42.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",90,"2026-08-19T18:41:02.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Startups","startups",47,"2026-08-19T19:13:46.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"General","general",33,"2026-08-18T22:18:13.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]