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Techcrunch hacked by OurMine
They removed the article, but there is still a post on their front page: https://techcrunch.com/
This the version googled has cached:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JP0ef1CueKYJ:https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/26/ourmine-team-important-message/+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
- p0la 10y agoThey removed the post from their front page.
- kjaer 10y agoA screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/FPdi7mx.png http://i.imgur.com/FPdi7mx.png
- Phithagoras 10y agoSee also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12164790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12164790 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12165210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12165210
- tedmiston 10y agoLooks like their post got published to the RSS feed as well. Can't undo that.
- yread 10y agoPlease don't post links to hacked websites. A screenshot would do
- Retr0spectrum 10y agoI'm guessing they just pwned one of their employees via some kind of social engineering. Nothing to see here.
- raesene6 10y agoyou say nothing to see here, but compromising high traffic sites with great potential for malware delivery to a large number of users shouldn't be a de-rigeur thing... The fact that this has become the norm. should be a cause for concern.
- neurotech1 10y agoWordPress VIP that hosts TechCrunch does require 2FA. Not saying it could not have been social engineering, but the usual dumb methods may not work.
- Retr0spectrum 10y agoThe most popular method at the moment seems to be SEing phone companies into transferring the account to a phone owned by the attacker, therefore bypassing 2FA.
- dineshp2 10y agoI have been following the recent hacks by the OurMine group, and find it all fascinating. If anyone knows more about the group, their motives and how they actually manage to compromise various high profile social media accounts and websites, please do share it here.
- anticore 10y agoAccording to their website [1], they seem to be trying to establish a reputation for pentesting social-media and websites. What better way to garner interest than by hacking a couple major companies? [1]: http://ourmine.org/ http://ourmine.org/
- joeyrideout 10y agoWhat I don't understand is how they think these "marketing" tactics will establish anything but a negative reputation for their brand. Seems to me like they are happily waving a massive red flag that says, "we break the law all the time and can't be trusted!"
- bcook 10y agoWhy can't they be trusted? Because they break the law?
- tedunangst 10y agoSome people believe if a person breaks one law, they may be more inclined to break other laws.
- bcook 10y agoI was implying the question; does breaking laws makes someone untrustworthy?
- tedunangst 10y ago
- gkalogiros 10y agoI managed to capture it 12 seconds after it happened (I am a regular tc reader) https://goo.gl/5L9y5R https://goo.gl/5L9y5R
- CM30 10y agoDon't see a link here, but Techcrunch posted about it in an article: https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/26/a-hack-by-any-other-name/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/26/a-hack-by-any-other-name/