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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday July 27 2016, @12:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-forget-to-change-your-passwords dept.

According to Gizmodo, engadget, and TechnoBuffalo (and a host of others), TechCrunch has been breached by the elite hacking group ourMine.

From engadget:

Yet again, rather than being a bona fide hack, this seems to be a relatively simple case of gaining access via poor password practices. The group appears to have entered the site's CMS (content management system) via a writer's account. It's likely, although not sure, that the account in question used the same password across multiple services. OurMine published an article under the writer's name, put banners at the top of the site, and, as is par for course for the group, encouraged the owner of the account to write in to retrieve their accounts.

Because of the limited nature of the "hack," TechCrunch was able to quickly roll back the changes OurMine made to its site. The erroneous post was deleted within minutes, and the banners and other accoutrements added to its homepage were removed soon after. While TechCrunch says it's still looking into exactly what happened, it seems the situation is under control for now.

TechnoBuffalo adds:

OurMine has made its name recently by attacking high-profile targets ranging from Pokemon GO servers to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg and PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday July 27 2016, @12:58AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday July 27 2016, @12:58AM (#380541) Homepage Journal

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:06AM (#380573)

      Oh dear. MDC got hacked by a spammer.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:36AM (#380578)

      best deal in tech [soylentnews.org]

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 27 2016, @01:10AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 27 2016, @01:10AM (#380551) Journal

    Why bother? Make a name for themselves? It's pointless. You vandalize a website, the website is repaired in minutes or hours, and your efforts are wasted. Worse, someone is looking at reasons and methods to drag your dumb ass into court, to face civil and/or criminal charges. Pointless is pointless. Better to spend your time looking for exploits for which you might claim a bounty, then you've made a little bit of honest money.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:03AM (#380571)

    Bon soir, Elliot! Password guessing is hacking now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Arik on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:47AM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:47AM (#380583) Journal
    Someone guessed the password to someone elses blog account and posted an article encouraging him to recover his account?

    And this is news? This matters why?

    Also 'bona fide hack' wtf are you talking about kid? Do you even have any clue what a hack is?

    http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hack.html

    Now get the fuck off my lawn, kthxbye.
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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:07AM (#380591)

      Hold on, lemme erect a fiery cross on your lawn.

      You been pwned, nigga.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:03AM

    by PizzaRollPlinkett (4512) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:03AM (#380691)

    Whoa, when did "the elite hacking group" and "rather than being a bona fide hack, this seems to be a relatively simple case of gaining access via poor password practices" go together?

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