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	"title": "Hackers sell stolen user data from HomeChef, ChatBooks, and Chronicle",
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	"plain_text": "Hackers sell stolen user data from HomeChef, ChatBooks, and Chronicle\r\nBy Ionut Ilascu\r\nPublished: 2020-05-08 · Archived: 2026-04-05 19:08:28 UTC\r\nThree more high-profile databases are being offered for sale by the same group claiming the Tokopedia and Unacademy\r\nbreaches, and the more recently reported theft of Microsoft’s private GitHub repositories.\r\nGoing by the name Shiny Hunters, the group is now selling user records from meal kit delivery service HomeChef, from\r\nphoto print service ChatBooks, and Chronicle.com, a news source for higher education.\r\nMillions of user records for sale\r\nTogether, the three databases count user records and passwords from 26 million accounts. The ask prices are between $1,500\r\nand $2,500.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/\r\nPage 1 of 4\n\n0:00\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/\r\nPage 2 of 4\n\nVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE\r\nIn a conversation with BleepingComputer, the hackers said that they have more databases from other breached websites.\r\nThey plan on selling them in the near future.\r\nBleepingComputer was unable to independently confirm if the data that is offered for sale is authentic or not; the past two\r\nsales suggest that it is.\r\nResearchers at digital risk protection company ZeroFox caught the posts from the hackers and assess with high confidence\r\nthat the breaches are legitimate.\r\nWith eight million user records, the HomeChef trove is the most expensive. It was advertised today and had not been sold\r\nwhen the researchers saw the hackers’ post.\r\nThe hackers demand $2,500 for emails, bcrypt-hashed passwords, IP addresses. Although the passwords need to be\r\ndehashed to extend the range of illegal activities this database can serve, it still has value.\r\nPersonally identifiable information (PII) including phone numbers, zip codes, and partial social security numbers are also\r\npresent in the sample set from the hackers.\r\nThe post for the ChatBooks database was published on May 3 and the asking price is $2,000 for 15 million rows of data. It\r\ndid not have any buyers through the dark web forum it was advertised on.\r\nFrom the sample provided by Shiny Hunters, the database has email addresses, passwords hashed with the SHA-512\r\nfunction, social media access tokens, and some PII.\r\nWith a price tag of $1,500, the data from Chronicle.com is the cheapest. It is also the smallest, with three million user\r\nrecords.\r\nIt was posted on May 3 and there are no details about the type of information it contains. Just like with the others, nobody\r\nbought it.\r\nThe lack of buyers makes it probable that the three databases will soon become available on other markets for lower prices.\r\n“It is likely that this actor will continue to breach companies and post their content for sale,” notes ZeroFox Alpha Team in a\r\nblog post on Thursday. They add that these tactics proved successful for other hackers and there is no reason this should not\r\nwork in the case of Shiny Hunters.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/\r\nPage 3 of 4\n\nAutomated Pentesting Covers Only 1 of 6 Surfaces.\r\nAutomated pentesting proves the path exists. BAS proves whether your controls stop it. Most teams run one without the\r\nother.\r\nThis whitepaper maps six validation surfaces, shows where coverage ends, and provides practitioners with three diagnostic\r\nquestions for any tool evaluation.\r\nSource: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-sell-stolen-user-data-from-homechef-chatbooks-and-chronicle/\r\nPage 4 of 4",
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