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Here's the thing: it simply isn't possible that TeamViewer has done a thorough security audit in such a short amount of time. That means their claims of "no bre
by xenadu02 10y ago
Here's the thing: it simply isn't possible that TeamViewer has done a thorough security audit in such a short amount of time. That means their claims of "no breach" are knee-jerk reactions, not truthful statements.
A company that has such a reaction is more likely to suffer a breach IMHO because it demonstrates a lack of knowledge, care, or both. If they were smarter they'd say they aren't aware of anything but have launched an investigation and will report back when it is complete.
So I'm going to assume they have been hacked until someone proves otherwise.
- Splines 10y agoRIP TeamViewer. Unless they are extremely explicit with what happened and how it won't happen again, any user who hears about this is going to lose all trust in TeamViewer.
- jklinger410 10y agoTheir response has already lost my trust. Hope they realize they may have just sealed their own graves with their flippant handling of these claims.
- nikanj 10y agoExcept if what happened was password reuse
- thejosh 10y agoIt wasn't, people even had 2fa.
- FuckOffNeemo 10y agoxenadu02: you couldn't have said it better. I must admit, I didn't add much weight to the opinions of the vast majority on Reddit. It's less of an IT-savvy hub today than it has been in the past and I /wanted/ to believe that the issue was simple reused passwords. But from the claims made here in Hacker News (who's opinion carries much more weight than the Reddit noise). In addition to the handful of claims where logs have been presnted and users have confirmed use of MFA and complex passwords. I've sincere doubts about the credibility of TeamViewers very, very quick security audit. Edit: double copy pasta.
- ryanlol 10y ago>Here's the thing: it simply isn't possible that TeamViewer has done a thorough security audit in such a short amount of time. That means their claims of "no breach" are knee-jerk reactions, not truthful statements. What makes you believe they've got any real reason to conduct a security audit? Just because some randoms on reddit said that they got hacked? For all we know TV knows exactly what's going on here.
- LionessLover 10y agoWhy don't you read other people's replies like that of lazzlazzlazz? You posted well after he posted his. Then you would not have to ask embarrassingly stupid rhetorical questions.
- DanBC 10y agoYou might want to re-read dang's (he's a moderator btw) comment to you here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839799 You don't need that last sentence.
- ryanlol 10y agoPerhaps lazzlazzlazz simply said nothing relevant? Also, that kind of language can result in some very real consequences.