TNB Tech Minute: Salesforce-Linked Security Breach Fallout Escalates
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:20.1 | October 15th. I'm Julie Chang for the |
| 0:22.6 | Wall Street Journal. A security breach linked to Salesforce escalated over the weekend as hackers |
| 0:28.6 | claim they published the data of more than 5 million Qantas Airways customers, including |
| 0:33.8 | names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth, but not financial data. |
| 0:40.3 | Hackers claimed to have compromised dozens of companies by gaining access to their Salesforce accounts |
| 0:45.5 | over the summer, including Quanta's, Disney, IKEA, and Toyota. |
| 0:49.9 | Hackers threatened to publish customer data unless Salesforce paid a ransom. |
| 0:54.1 | A Salesforce spokesperson said the company wouldn't engage, negotiate with, or pay Hackers threatened to publish customer data unless Salesforce paid a ransom. |
| 0:59.4 | A Salesforce spokesperson said the company wouldn't engage, negotiate with, or pay any extortion demand. |
| 1:00.2 | The leak appears to be one of the first confirmed data dumps from the hackers. |
| 1:04.1 | Quantas said it's continuing to investigate. |
| 1:07.3 | Bank of America highlighted continued momentum from its technology and artificial intelligence |
| 1:12.6 | investments in the latest quarterly results. The bank's CEO said digital innovation is driving |
| 1:18.1 | both client engagement and operational efficiency. The bank pointed to strong growth in loans |
| 1:24.1 | and deposits alongside rising revenues from fees. |
| 1:33.0 | ASML posted better than expected orders of its chip-making equipment for the third quarter amid continued spending in the AI frenzy. The Dutch group reported orders of the equivalent |
| 1:38.0 | of $6.27 billion, that's more than double from a year earlier. ASML is Europe's largest company by market |
| 1:45.8 | value. Shares are up nearly 30% so far this year. And Workday plans to invest the equivalent of |
| 1:53.5 | $202.5 million to set up an AI-focused research center in Ireland. The move would create 200 jobs specialized in AI in the country. |
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