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WHMCS Data Compromised By Good Old Social Engineering

Posted by Unknown on from the the-classics-never-get-old dept.

howhardcanitbetocrea writes "WHMCS has had 500,000 records leaked, credit cards included, by hackers calling themselves UGNazis. Apparently UGNazis succeeded in obtaining login details from the billing software's host by using social engineering. UGNazis accuse WHMCS of knowingly offering services to fraudsters. After almost 24 hours UGNazis still seem to have control of WHMCS twitter account @whmcs and is regularly updating their exploits. These tweets are also feeding into WHMCS software."

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  1. Re:Passwords Are Safe, But ... by bmo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Replying to myself so others may read a story I am referring to in case they missed it back in 2004.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3639679.stm

    And it still applies today.

    --
    BMO

  2. Forum Discussion From Industry Peeps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For discussions on this from people within the hosting industry, see http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1156920 ... interesting read.