11 million students possibly at risk after classroom software used by
millions hacked

Date:
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:10:00 +0000

Description:
Infinite Campus was breached by ShinyHunters - but says it won't negotiate with the attackers.

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and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Infinite Campus hit by ShinyHunters via Salesforce account breach Names and staff contact info stolen; customer data unaffected Group added company to leak site, demanding ransom by March 25 amid wider Salesforce-targeting campaign Popular student information system (SIS) Infinite Campus has confirmed suffering a data breach at the hands of the infamous ShinyHunters group, who are now trying to extort the company for money.

In a data breach notification letter, shared to affected individuals and subsequently posted on Reddit, Infinite Campus said an unauthorized actor accessed an employees Salesforce account on March 18, 2026, but was quickly ousted after IT and security teams were alerted. However, before they were forced out, the attacker managed to grab names and contact information of school staff. Infinite Campus says most of the data they nabbed is commonly found on school websites, and customer information was not targeted or
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While the organization did not name the perpetrators, it did say that they
are a group knThat did not stop the attackers from reaching out and trying to extort the organization for money. Infinite Campus has not, and will not, engage with the unauthorized actor, it said, before adding that it disabled some customer-facing services for users without IP addresses.

own for targeting the Salesforce accounts of hundreds of companies, which hints at ShinyHunters.

At the same time, the group added Infinite Campus to its data leak site, giving a deadline of March 25, 2026 for the payment, or it would release all of the stolen files on the dark web.

They are claiming to have taken Salesforce records with personally identifiable information (PII) and various internal corporate data. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting
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ShinyHunters have been running campaigns against Salesforce customers for several months now, with victims including Cisco, Adidas , Qantas, and
Allianz Life .

In the attackers, they would use voice phishing (vishing) to trick employees into granting access, or stealing OAuth tokens, and would then use the access to exfiltrate CRM data. The data is then offered back, in exchange for
bitcoin or monero.

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