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News and interesting facts about data theft and hacking from around the world.
Trillian is one of the most popular chat clients, allowing you to connect to multiple platforms simultaneously. It has attracted the attention of hackers as well as users. The application has not been hacked, but the vBulletin forum has been, and many users’ names and email addresses have been compromised. The passwords are protected by MD5 encryption, which can be decrypted, but it takes time.
According to a Canonical announcement, the Ubuntu Forum has been attacked, and 2 million users’ data compromised. The username and email address were obtained during the attack, but the passwords were not accessed.
A data theft attack against Bitburger occurred in July; the attackers again gained access to personal data, including full name, postal address, and login passwords. Fortunately, the Passwords were encrypted and could only be used after decryption. Bitburger has, of course, informed those affected, and the error has been corrected; no material damage has been caused.
The servers of Comdirekt, an online bank, have been hacked, and the database stored on them accessed. In the operation, which took place in mid-July, log-in details were obtained, and access to foreign account data was also gained. Comdirekt has admitted the attack, which it claims was caused by a faulty server update. The service provider has, of course, since corrected it. Thanks to the two-factor authentication, there is no …
The servers of Swiss RUAG were hacked, and the attackers obtained 20 GB of data. The theft has only just come to light, but all indications are that the attackers have been active since 2014. Authorities believe that the intruders were targeting information related to the Armor projects, so, likely, this was not a “simple” break-in but industrial espionage.
In America, you are only a person if you have a social security number. If you don’t but want one, good news: there are hundreds of thousands of IDs for sale on the web right now. One hacker claims that more than $100,000 worth of his stolen numbers has already changed hands. Experts see the main problem being that the original owners of the IDs could also lose out if …
A massive 127 million users have had their data stolen from Badoo, including email addresses, usernames, and password hashes. The latter can be used to obtain passwords – it’s just a matter of time before the procedure is complete. The company denies that the data has been leaked but has sent a letter to all its users asking them to change their passwords and informing them of the benefits of …
In Mexico, 132 GB of data has been stolen (so far). The database contains a wealth of data on 94 million voters.The saddest aspect of the news is that the hackers didn’t have a tough time because the information was unencrypted and freely available.
In a coordinated attack, a group of hackers hacked into more than 272 million email accounts. The attackers also obtained a number of exploitable data, including real names, addresses, and even card numbers. Fortunately, only a tiny fraction of the identifiers were obtained around.Two percent of the identifiers can be used.
eBay wasn’t hacked recently, but two years ago, it seems that the data obtained then is now being used again by sending phishing emails to the addresses in the database. The danger here is that because the attacker has a lot of personal data, users might think eBay is trying to communicate with them. In that case, 145 million email addresses and their associated data have fallen into the wrong …