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Hacking group OurMine has breached Vevo, a video hosting service, and has leaked files from the company's internal network.
The hacker group, who has a reputation for defacing websites and social media accounts, said it leaked data from Vevo after one of its employees was disrespectful to an OurMine member on LinkedIn.
[...] In an email to Bleeping Computer, a Vevo spokesperson acknowledged the incident.
"We can confirm that Vevo experienced a data breach as a result of a phishing scam via LinkedIn. We have addressed the issue and are investigating the extent of exposure," the company said.
Vevo did not comment if the hacker group made any ransom demands. The mysterious disappearance of most of the leaked files might lead some people to believe Vevo might have caved in and paid, hence the reason why most of the files are gone.
OurMine did not respond to a request for comment.
The hacking crew, believed to be operating out of Saudi Arabia — according to a BuzzFeed investigation, rarely hacks and leaks files. OurMine has built quite the reputation in the past years by hacking social media accounts belonging to companies, celebrities, and CEOs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @09:56PM
No. Customers are customers (they people paying the "seller" for stuff), and consumers are consumers (those who are using what the "producer" is making). They can be the same thing, or they can be different. For example, see google:
Their Customers: Advertisers.
Their Consumers: The people using their search engine.
They can also be the same, such as with a restaurant:
Their Customers: People who eat their restaurant.
Their Consumers: People who eat at their restaurant.
It's nothing new. If you want an example which has been around since the beginning of time, think of candy makers.
Candy Maker Customers: Parents.
Candy Maker Consumers: Children.
The two ideas are related but describe different things (like "socialism" and "communism" are), and any conflation of the two is a matter of confusion rather than a nefarious plot to rob you of your agency. Admittedly there are some groups who intentionally mix the two up as step in changing their business strategy, but that's merely a businesses decision and has no impact than when a MMORPG goes Free-To-Play.