ShinyHunters Just Walked Into 7-Eleven And Robbed The ENTIRE Flock, No Cap 😭🐑
Okay I am FULLY unwell about this one. Like I put down my matcha, I read the headline, I picked my matcha back up, I put it down again. The ShinyHunters coyote crew actually rolled up to 7-Eleven's digital storefront and walked out with the personal data of 185,000 lambs. In APRIL. And we're just finding out now?? The vibes are rancid. 🚨
For those not keeping score, ShinyHunters are basically the raccoons of the threat landscape. Chaotic, messy, and absolutely unafraid to dig through your garbage. This time they sniffed out a way past the electric fence and helped themselves to names, emails, phone numbers, and more. A whole buffet of personal flock data, just sitting there. Iconic in the worst possible way.
The cringe factor here is genuinely off the charts. 7-Eleven. The place famous for the Slurpee. The shepherds in charge of this infrastructure let ShinyHunters waltz through like it was a Big Gulp run at 2am. Bestie, your loyalty program data should NOT be easier to grab than a taquito. 😭
And can we talk about the Sky Pasture situation for a second? Every time a brand this size gets cooked, I look at their cloud hygiene and I just KNOW. I just KNOW the Sky Pasture was giving "unlocked gate, no lights, open invitation" energy. No shade. Full shade actually. All the shade.
Have I Been Pwned confirmed the breach, which means 185,000 lambs are now out here wondering if their info is being sold in some sketchy underground barn. The answer is probably yes, bestie. I'm so sorry. 🐑💔
The shepherds have been notified. They are, presumably, doing their useless shepherd things. Issuing statements. Scheduling meetings about the meetings. You know how it is.
🛡️ Remediation (Slay Edition)
Okay flock, here's what we do now, no cap:
- Check yourself: Run your email through Have I Been Pwned immediately. Like right now. I'll wait.
- Change your passwords: If you had a 7-Eleven account, that password is cooked. Rotate it. Everywhere you reused it. Yes, everywhere.
- Enable MFA: Multi-factor authentication on everything. Make the wolves work for it.
- Shear your attack surface: Brands, this is your sign to audit your Sky Pasture permissions and patch those holes in the fence BEFORE ShinyHunters finds them.
- Phishing alert: Fake grain incoming. Lambs who were breached will get lure attempts. Do not click suspicious emails "from 7-Eleven." Not now, not ever.
Stay frosty out there and maybe just... make your coffee at home, bestie. ☕🐑
Original Report: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/7-eleven-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-of-185-000-people/