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CyberDudeBivash Incident Report Tenable Confirms Data Breach — Customer Contact Data Exposed via Salesforce/Drift Supply Chain Attack




Author: Bivash Kumar Nayak, Founder, CyberDudeBivash | Global Threat Intel Authority

Date: September 2025

1. Incident Overview & Key Findings

Tenable has confirmed a data breach stemming from a broader supply chain compromise involving the Salesloft Drift integration with Salesforce. While no internal product data was compromised, attacker access to Tenable’s Salesforce instance exposed:

  • Business contact information: names, business emails, phone numbers, and location references

  • Customer-provided subjects and descriptions from support case submissions
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Affected organizations include major security players such as Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Proofpoint, CyberArk, Google, PagerDuty, and Tenable itself. All reported similar exposure of customer support data and contact metadata.
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2. Attack Vector & Supply Chain Analysis

  • The breach was part of a coordinated campaign abusing OAuth tokens via compromised Salesloft/Drift integrations.

  • Attackers leveraged stolen integrations to access Salesforce environments across multiple organizations.
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  • Mandiant confirmed integration with Salesloft and Drift has been restored post-remediation.
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3. Business Impact & Risk Insights

StakeholderRisk & Impact
Tenable & VendorsReputational impact due to customer data exposure; operational trust damage.
CustomersIncreased phishing risk, targeted social engineering on exposed contacts.
EcosystemsSupply chain security concerns—OAuth integrations found as weak links.

4. CyberDudeBivash Mitigation Recommendations

  1. Immediate Actions

    • Revoke and rotate OAuth tokens and credentials across Salesforce, Drift, and Salesloft.

    • Remove compromised applications and integrations.
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  2. Environment Hardening

    • Apply IOCs from Salesforce and cyber experts to detect suspicious activities.

    • Harden Salesforce and related SaaS configurations; enforce strict access controls.
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  3. Ongoing Monitoring

    • Establish continuous SSPM (SaaS Security Posture Management) to detect integration anomalies.

    • Use threat intelligence updates for updated OAuth misuse indicators.

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    • Consider enterprise solutions for SaaS hardening, OAuth control, and threat monitoring.
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5. Strategic Guidance for Stakeholders

  • Security Teams (Enterprises & Vendors): Re-evaluate OAuth policies; implement least-privilege and Zero Trust principles.

  • Execs & CISOs: Regularly audit third-party integrations in SIEM/XDR pipelines; treat OAuth tokens as highly sensitive assets.

  • Cybersecurity Community: Promote SOC collaboration, supply chain visibility, and secure integration development frameworks.

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