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CrowdStrike Fires Insider After Hacker Collective Publishes Internal Screenshots

The company maintains no breach occurred, with law enforcement now handling the case.

Overview

  • The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters group posted images on Telegram showing internal dashboards, including an employee Okta view.
  • CrowdStrike says an internal investigation last month identified the worker who shared screen photos and led to immediate termination.
  • The company reports its systems were never compromised and that customers were not impacted, referring the matter to authorities.
  • ShinyHunters claims it arranged a $25,000 payment for access and received SSO authentication cookies, a claim not independently verified.
  • Attackers allege a link to a Gainsight compromise, which CrowdStrike disputes as false.