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Notorious Group OurMine Hacks TechCrunch (betanews.com)
Prominent technology blog TechCrunch -- which is often cited on Slashdot -- has become the latest victim of the OurMine hacking group. The notorious group gained access to Seattle-based writer Devin Coldewey's account, and posted the following message earlier today: "Hello Guys, don't worry we are just testing techcrunch security, we didn't change any passwords, please contact us." The post was then promoted as a ticker, the top banner in red and as the main story on TechCrunch's front page. BetaNews adds: The OurMine website says that the group offers "top notch vulnerability assessment", so it's possible that the hack was little more than a PR stunt touting for business. It did not take TechCrunch long to notice and remove the story (and presumably change a series of passwords...) but the site is yet to issue a statement about what has happened.
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The notorious group gained access to Seattle-based writer Devin Coldewey's account, and posted the following message earlier today: "Hello Guys, don't worry we are just testing techcrunch security, we didn't change any passwords, please contact us...
So they fished a single user's account and by the way, "contact us"? Yeah, no . Coldewey, if he actually has any other access than to submit stories for editorial review (you know, like I do at Slashdot), needs to have his account douched, but beyond that, this is most likely just some "leet" little boys playing on the 'puter.
If it turns out to be something more than almost nothing, I would be surprised.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Assuming the people at OurMine actually did this, it's not like they're hard to find. They accept payment through PayPal. Regardless of how gracefully Techcrunch handles the hack, whoever did it committed a crime. If exploiting and extorting your potential customer base are someone's idea of a "PR stunt," maybe a month in jail would convince them to market in a more appropriate manner.
Who would hire these clowns after seeing how they "advertise"?
And yet the slashdot moderators don't consider this post to be relevant on a technology site.
UAC bypass attack on Windows 10 allows malicious DLL loading
Slashdot suck my fucking dick.
OurMine are Israelis, but not state sponsored.
Anonymous is Israel state sponsored.
Lizard Squad are NSA.
Get your fucking facts straight thanks.
Oh-em-gee. Good thing there was a news story telling people about it or the only thing people would've noticed was the marginal less spam on the Internet.