Stellantis customer data breach
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Stellantis customer data was exposed in a breach through a third-party platform on September 21, 2025. The hackers accessed contact information of customers in North America.
Customer Data Breach
On September 21, 2025, Stellantis North America reported the data breach on their website[1]. They did not reveal how many customers were impacted, only that the data was limited to contact information and that the breach did not involve any financial or sensitive personal information. Bleeping Computer reported that extortion group ShinyHunters took credit for the breach, claiming to have stolen over 18 million Salesforce records pertaining to contact information[2].
Company Response
In their initial report, Stellantis North America remarked on their response to the incident[1]:
Upon discovery, we immediately activated our incident response protocols, initiated a comprehensive investigation, and took prompt action to contain and mitigate the situation. We are also notifying the appropriate authorities and directly informing affected customers.
Background
The ShinyHunters group accessed Stellantis data as part of a larger effort targeted at Salesforce, which included data stolen from many other large companies in 2025, such as Google, Cisco, and Workday[2]. They did not reveal to Bleeping Computer the method used to gain access in this incident, however, their recent tactics in similar attacks included social engineering[3] and stolen OAuth tokens that allowed access through the Salesloft Drift AI chat integration with Salesforce[4].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Third-Party Platform Data Incident".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gatlan, Sergiu (2025-09-22). "Automaker giant Stellantis confirms data breach after Salesforce hack". Bleeping Computer.
- ↑ Toulas, Bill. "Google: Hackers target Salesforce accounts in data extortion attacks". Bleeping Computer.
- ↑ Abrams, Lawrence. "Google warns Salesloft breach impacted some Workspace accounts". Bleeping Computer.