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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 stated that the data was limited to contact information and that the breach did not involve any financial or sensitive personal information. They did not include an estimate of impacted customers. Bleeping Computer reported that extortion group ShinyHunters took credit for the breach, stating that they stole 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 Bleeping Computer reports that 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 Systems, Inc., and Workday.[2] The group did not reveal to Bleeping Computer the methods used to gain access in this incident, however, their tactics in the similar attacks on Salesforce included social engineering[3] and stolen credentials that allowed access through the Salesloft Drift AI chat integration with Salesforce.[4]

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Third-Party Platform Data Incident". Stellantis North America. 2025-09-21. Archived from the original on 2025-09-23. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gatlan, Sergiu (2025-09-22). "Automaker giant Stellantis confirms data breach after Salesforce hack". Bleeping Computer. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  3. Toulas, Bill (2025-06-04). "Google: Hackers target Salesforce accounts in data extortion attacks". Bleeping Computer. Archived from the original on 2025-09-19. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  4. Abrams, Lawrence (2025-08-28). "Google warns Salesloft breach impacted some Workspace accounts". Bleeping Computer. Archived from the original on 2025-09-12. Retrieved 2025-09-29.