The Data Loader app itself is real and is used to import, export, or change Salesforce records by connecting to the internal database.

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Hackers are tricking employees at companies in Europe and the Americas into installing a modified version of a Salesforce-related app, allowing the hackers to steal reams of data, gain access to ...

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group says a vishing threat called UNC6040 has been targeting Salesforce applications with a fake data loader.

Google has observed hackers claiming to be the ShinyHunters extortion group conducting social engineering attacks against multi-national companies to steal data from organizations' Salesforce ...

The campaign centers on Salesforce’s Data Loader, a bulk data management tool that lets users import, export, update, delete, or insert large volumes of records within the Salesforce platform.

Salesforce warned customers of voice phishing, or "vishing," attacks and of hackers abusing malicious, modified versions of Data Loader in a March 2025 blog post.

Google warns of a sophisticated hacking campaign targeting Salesforce users, involving modified Data Loader app installations leading to extensive data breaches and corporate extortion.

Hackers are tricking employees at companies in Europe and the Americas into installing a modified version of a Salesforce-related app, allowing the hackers to steal reams of data, gain access to ...