# S7, E273 - Inside Shiny Hunters And The New Era Of SaaS Breaches

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Podcast: [Privacy Please](https://stenobird.com/podcast/privacy-please-26933)
Published: 2026-06-04T22:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Gabe and I dig into Shiny Hunters and why the scariest cyberattacks now look like ordinary logins instead of dramatic break-ins. We map how credential theft, social engineering, and SaaS data exports turn basic security hygiene into the difference between a close call and a headline. • Shiny Hunters’ scale, loose structure, and why takedowns rarely stick • Why ransomware and extortion keep growing as a business model • How the tactics evolve from Microsoft ...

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