ShinyHunters Claim Resecurity Honeypot Lured Them After Breach

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Cybersecurity firm Resecurity responded to claims made by hacking group ShinyHunters that they had breached the company's internal systems.
Resecurity says the attackers were interacting with a honeypot, not their real infrastructure.
The honeypot included synthetic employee accounts, fake apps, and isolated infrastructure unrelated to Resecurity's real operations or customers.
Resecurity claims no actual client data, passwords, or operational systems were affected, and the incident caused no disruption or breach of real assets.

On January 3, ShinyHunters announced via their Telegram channel that they had "gained full access" to Resecurity's internal systems.
The group claimed to have obtained employee records, internal chat logs, threat intelligence files, client data, and more.
They also shared multiple screenshots that appeared to show access to backend dashboards, user profiles, tokens, and internal chat discussions.
The leak was positioned as a retaliatory move, with the group accusing Resecurity of previously attempting to social engineer them under the guise of fake buyers on dark web forums.

Resecurity countered the allegations with a detailed statement to Hackread.com and referred to its December 24, 2025's blog post titled "Synthetic Data: A New Frontier for Cyber Deception and Honeypots."
According to the company, the attackers were interacting with a simulated environment specifically designed to deceive and log unauthorized activity.
The honeypot included synthetic employee accounts, fake apps, and isolated infrastructure unrelated to real operations or customers.
One such decoy was reportedly planted via a dark web marketplace using a bait account.
Resecurity shared evidence of this setup with Hackread.com, including logs of the attackers' interactions and screenshots showing repeated access to fake accounts.

Resecurity stated that no actual client data, passwords, or operational systems were affected.
The honeypot was isolated from production environments, and the incident caused no disruption or breach of real assets.
The firm also emphasized that its use of synthetic data and deception tactics is a common counterintelligence strategy for identifying and studying threat actors.
Resecurity linked to a prior blog post from September 2025 detailing the activity of groups including ShinyHunters, suggesting the attack may have been motivated in part by their ongoing exposure of such actors.

ShinyHunters presented what they framed as a major breach, but Resecurity has responded with a clear denial backed by logs and timing that suggest the incident was part of a controlled trap.
Until further details emerge, the situation suggests that the honeypot strategy may have worked as intended in misleading the group and logging their activity.