Salesforce.com customer list stolen
Salesforce.com's customers are targets of malicious hackers and scammers, after an employee was tricked into handing a corporate password to a phisher. In a note to customers, Salesforce said that criminals have been sending customers fake invoices and, starting just a few days ago, viruses and key logging software. The emails were sent using information that was illegally obtained from Salesforce.com.
The problems began a few months ago, when a Salesforce.com employee fell for a phishing scam and divulged a company password that gave attackers access to a customer contact list. With this password, the criminals were able to obtain first and last names, company names, email addresses and telephone numbers of Salesforce.com customers.
