Cybercriminals known as ShinyHunters (UNC6040) recently broke into Google and stole business customer information from one of its corporate Salesforce instances, the company has confirmed.

Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for targeting big companies and their cloud-based databases.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has confirmed a data breach that has affected some of its customers. The breach was attributed to a hacking group known as ShinyHunters, also referred to as UNC6040.

Google has officially confirmed a recent data breach that exposed core customer information to unauthorized access in its Salesforce database. In a blog post pu

The group accessed a Google corporate account with Salesforce, which supplies customer relationship management services.

Google said that a cybercriminal hacking group broke into one of its own Salesforce database systems that stored information about small and medium-sized businesses. Why it matters: Even Google isn't completely resilient against the wave of social engineering attacks targeting major businesses this year.

The Google Threat Intelligence Group has officially confirmed that user data has been stolen following a successful hack attack impacting one of its databases. Here’s what we know so far. This is not a warning that the Google Chrome web browser is in need of an urgent security update,