CNET User Database Hacked By W0rm And Briefly Offered For 1 Bitcoin
A Russian hacker group that goes by the name of W0rm hacked CNET.com over the weekend. In a conversation between W0rm and CNET, W0rm revealed that they used a security hold in CNET.com's implementation of the Symfony PHP framework. W0rm has previously claimed credit for online security breaches of BBC, Adobe Systems, and Bank of America. In the weekend attack, W0rm was reportedly able to steal a database of over 1 million registered CNET users. The data stolen includes names, emails, and encrypted passwords. The breach was first realized when W0rm teased a carefully edited screenshot of....
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