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Klue: Cybersecurity Incident
Market research company Klue experienced a data breach. Stolen customer data is being deleted by the original hacking group, but a second group of hackers is now making ransom threats.
Source: The Register
- Who
- Klue · Technology · United States & Canada
- What happened
- Market research company Klue experienced a data breach. Stolen customer data is being deleted by the original hacking group, but a second group of hackers is now making ransom threats.
- When
- 2026-06-25
- Source
- The Register
Market context: Backdrop: a 97.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 3.4 on the month) with Americas activity easing (-15.6pts).
Klue: 0 signals in the last 90 days — below the Technology median of 1 across 150 tracked companies.
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