CNET attacked by Russian hacker group
Seth Rosenblatt of CNET reports:
A Russian hacker group that has attacked some of the biggest news and business sites in the world claims it penetrated CNET’s website over the weekend and stole a database of registered reader data.
A representative from the group calling itself W0rm told CNET News in a Twitter conversation that it stole a database of usernames, emails, and encrypted passwords from CNET’s servers. The database affects more than 1 million users.
Read more on CNET. The report does not indicate whether CNET intends to email those whose data were accessed or acquired or to recommend a password reset. Even if the attackers claim they will not resell or misuse the data, shouldn’t CNET be notifying those affected?
Has one comment to “CNET attacked by Russian hacker group”
IA Eng - July 15, 2014
I avoid CNET like the plague. It has a habit of injecting personally unwanted programs in downloads, and its security and trustworthiness is quite bad.
Though I don’t like to see institutions hacked, some deserve it more than others…..