Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

Voice Phishers Strike Again, This Time Hitting Cisco

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 5 – The breach exposed basic profile data of Cisco.com users after a vishing attack tricked an employee, prompting Cisco to enhance security and notify authorities, the company said.

  • On July 24, 2025, Cisco discovered a data breach after a voice phishing attack targeted one of its representatives, compromising a third-party CRM system used by Cisco.
  • The attacker tricked the employee via vishing, gaining access to and exporting basic user profile data belonging to individuals registered on Cisco.com.
  • The compromised information encompassed personal and professional details such as individual and company names, physical and email contact information, Cisco-assigned user identifiers, and various account-related metadata; however, no passwords or other sensitive customer data were accessed.
  • Cisco immediately locked out the attacker, launched an investigation, notified affected users and authorities, and announced plans to re-educate personnel against vishing attacks.
  • This breach did not affect Cisco’s products or services, and the company is implementing enhanced security measures to reduce future incident risks.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?

13 Articles

After a Vishing attack on an employee, cybercriminals arrived at registry data from Cisco.com users. The US network specialist Cisco Systems was informed about an incident in which an attacker targeted a Cisco employee via a voice phishing attack. As a result, the actor was able to access a third-party cloud-based CRM instance and export stored data there. Basic account profile information exported As Cisco reports in an official statement, the …

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 75% of the sources are Center
75% Center

Factuality 

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

BleepingComputer broke the news in on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
For You
Search
BlindspotLocal