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Breach Record

ReliaQuest

DISCLOSED 2026-08-25 · PHISHING

ReliaQuest confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack by hackers impersonating a member of the security team. The attack was linked to ShinyHunters and involved a failed data-theft attempt. No data was reportedly stolen.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2026-08-25
Attack vector
Phishing
Sector
cybersecurity
Domain
reliaquest.com
ENDPOINT INVOLVED
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

The text does not specify whether the attack involved unauthorized changes to endpoints or data exfiltration, so it is unclear if a positive-security model would have prevented it.

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Sources

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