Reported by 2 outlets
RingCentral data breach exposed info of 1.6 million accounts
Why this score
- Breadth
- 1.00 / 2.0 · 2 sources
- Authority
- 1.80 / 2.0 · best outlet weight
- Severity
- 1.20 / 5.0 · CVSS + content signals
- Velocity
- 0.00 / 2.0 · updates in 48h
- Pickup speed
- 0.59 / 0.6 · time to second source
- Recency
- × 0.00 temporal multiplier
- Community
- + 0.00 / 1.5 · reddit signal
- Score
- 0.0 / 10 = base × recency + community
Timeline
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original reporting
RingCentral data breach exposed info of 1.6 million accounts
bleepingcomputer.com · 60d ago · August 14th, 2026
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole personal information from 1.6 million RingCentral accounts after hacking the company in July, according to the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. RingCentral is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform used by over 600,000 businesses for services such as calling, messaging, and voicemail. The company disclosed the incident on July 28, revealing that its systems were compromised following what it described as a "sophisticated social engineering campaign." "We have not seen any new unauthorized activity since taking these remediation efforts. To date, this incident has affected data for a limited portion of RingCentral customers, and we are communicating with affected customers directly," it noted . "If you are not contacted by RingCentral, you are not affected. This incident did not impact the core RingCentral platform, and our services continue to operate without disruption." Although RingCentral has not attributed the breach to a specific threat actor or hacking group and has yet to share further details on the incident, the ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed responsibility on July 27, claiming they had stolen 623GB of data. RingCentral entry on ShinyHunters' data leak site (BleepingComputer) After the company refused to pay a ransom to have the stolen data destroyed, the cybercrime group leaked a compressed archive containing 280GB worth of files on their dark web leak site. While a RingCentral spokespe
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mentioned by securityweek.com
1.6 Million Likely Impacted by RingCentral Data Breach
securityweek.com · 60d ago · August 14th, 2026