BuzzFeed Hacked By OurMine As Group Accuses Site of Publishing 'Fake News' (thedrum.com)

BuzzFeed has become the latest website to be compromised by hackers. A number of stories on the website have been vandalized by hackers in what appears a retaliation for a story that claimed to expose a member of their group. The hacker group, which calls itself OurMine, changed titles of several BuzzFeed posts to note that the website has been hacked. There's another note left by hackers which says "share fake news about us again." From a report: Several stories on BuzzFeed.com have been affected, with The Drum receiving the below message on a link that was meant to contain a news feature. The hackers warned BuzzFeed that it has the media owner's "database," adding: "Next Time it will be public. Don't fuck with OurMine again." The group has claimed responsibility for several high-profile hacks over the past 12 months including security breaches which saw them access the accounts of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, Google boss Sundar Pichai and former Twitter head Dick Costolo. Some Twitter users were reporting that hacking outfit's message had appeared on "dozens" of articles on BuzzFeed, but the site appears to have dealt with the cyber attack quite quickly.

Comments

Wait, what?

[DougOtto]

So, someone shitposted on buzzfeed and someone else actually noticed?

Get out.

Re:Buzzfeed?

[JoshuaZ]

You mean like this piece by Ben Goldacre about how scientists aren't sharing data https://www.buzzfeed.com/bengoldacre/deworming-trials? Or this article encouraging people to take steps to avoid making more antibiotic resistant bacteria https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/stop-asking-your-doctor-for-antibiotics? Buzzfeed has a lot of clickbait, but some very good articles on occasion, and they don't have "fake" news. You can argue that a lot of it is obnoxious listicles, but that's a very different claim.

Re:OMG! Buzzfeed isn't a bastion of real news?

[Mashiki]

The only shocking thing here is that the hackers seem to think that people see Buzzfeed as a source of real news.

That's because it *is* treated as real news, it's also considered a reliable source on sites like Wikipedia. While political sites with original reporting like Washington Examiner aren't considered reliable.