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ShinyHunters Didn’t Just Deface Cl0p’s Site. They Took the Keys to It.
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ShinyHunters Didn’t Just Deface Cl0p’s Site. They Took the Keys to It.

ShinyHunters breached cl0p’s dark web leak site on September 19, 2026, by exploiting an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in Grav CMS (related to CVE-2024-28111). They...

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