Disclosure context

About Hunters International

Hunters International is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on publicly available victim data, Hunters International has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services, technology, and manufacturing sectors, with their attacks primarily concentrated in English-speaking countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. With 388 documented victims since their emergence, the group has shown consistent activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reports. As of current reporting, Hunters International appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or operational changes reported by major cybersecurity agencies. The group has been linked to 388 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 20, 2023; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Hunters.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 9, 2026Salesforce Aura Campaign listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Salesforce Aura Campaign is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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Salesforce Aura Campaign

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Mar 9, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The victim name 'Salesforce Aura Campaign' does not correspond to a distinct independent company but rather appears to reference a campaign or dataset associated with Salesforce's Aura framework or platform. No independent public site or corporate entity matching this exact name could be identified. It may represent a bulk exfiltration targeting multiple companies via the Salesforce Aura interface.

Industry: Technology / SaaS Platform

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The group claims exfiltration affecting hundreds of companies via a shared SaaS platform (Salesforce Aura), implying large-scale PII and business data exposure across multiple organisations; data is marked as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration at significant scale.

Hunters International (posting under the 'ShinyHunters' alias) claims to have exfiltrated data from several hundreds of companies via what appears to be a Salesforce Aura-related campaign, threatening final-warning publication if affected companies do not pay. The post indicates data has been published ('data_published' status) and is being used as leverage for extortion across multiple victims.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Multi-company customer/CRM records (alleged)
Salesforce Aura platform data
Unspecified exfiltrated business data from hundreds of companies

What the group claims

Several hundreds of companies set to release with FINAL WARNINGs upon failure to comply. To all affected companies who will be or are being contacted by us ("ShinyHunters"), please consider this a preliminary warning before we release your name with FINAL WARNING or a complete data leak. Reply, engage, pay a small price, and prevent a publication. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 10 Mar 2026 | Warning: NOTICE OF WARNING

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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