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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: 2) by edIII on Monday September 18 2017, @05:11AM (4 children)
Security seems to be weak everywhere for many reasons.
Lol. So if what could possibly be a big scary hacker is being nice to you, a good policy might require politeness in return and gratitude for information on how they did it? Fuck off should be avoided at all costs, and a more, "please speak with my manager thank you" approach.
I can't imagine that douche trying to defend himself right now :)
They never have made any in the past either. Unless part of the agreement was to not acknowledge payments.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by anubi on Monday September 18 2017, @06:43AM (2 children)
My own guess is security is weak because most of us are trained to buy something, not fix it, or design it.
We live in a world of auto drivers, while the auto mechanics are limited to do field replaceable unit work.
Very few people understand how it works. As intended by those who want to hold us in ignorance so they can use our own machines to enforce their wish list on us.
Should we understand how our stuff works, this paradigm they have lobbied Congress so hard for, keeping Americans ignorant by use of DRM and Copyright Law, would be rendered moot. People would simply remove the problem and move on.
So, in order to benefit a very few people, our own Congress has passed law mandating ignorance. We are supposed to buy stuff, with whatever restrictions imposed, and not have the knowledge to buy and modify, or build from scratch.
The very same Congress that is passing all this "rights" legislation is sure being lax about passing "responsibility" legislation along with the right to keep everyone ignorant.
Congress has not realized yet that by passing legislation on behalf of the "rightsholders", they are also enabling terrorists to do things like slip thallium into the DRM protected hot-dogs.
Did I just imply that our own Congress is aiding and abetting terrorists? Well, from my point of view, by assigning rights without responsibility, they are.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Unixnut on Monday September 18 2017, @07:59AM (1 child)
Well yes, you can even see it in the shift of terminology. at some point in the past, those who bought your product were "customers". I don't know when exactly, but that changed and we are now referred to as "consumers".
The implication being that we are the black hole down which they dump their "product", and in return get money. We "consume" not unlike a fire would. A consumer should be as ignorant as possible about everything (even managing their own money, god forbid they try budgeting or avoiding debt), and should have a mind easy to mould and sway to the latest marketing fad. They should also have a limited attention span, and be conditioned to use something until they get bored with it, then chuck it and buy the latest shiny.
Big companies like this because they don't have to bother treating people like humans, and because how successful they are is more a function of marketing money, rather than quality of product. Consumers who are unable to repair stuff, or create their own stuff, are best, because it is an ongoing revenue stream as they keep having to re-buy items every once in a while.
Governments like it, because marketing and propaganda are the same thing (swaying of minds) just with different end goals. A mind softened to be amenable to marketing, is much more amenable to government manipulation as well.
As such, you have two of the biggest power structures in the world (government and industry) united against the people. It isn't a surprise that a lot of what I have described above has come to pass. In this world, those that create by themselves outside of the economy, or "make do and mend" are seen as oddballs and outcasts (I cannot tell you how many times people ask me "why did you fix that, when you could have bought a new one", as if I am a loon for not running out and spending more money without thinking).
(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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by nobu_the_bard on Monday September 18 2017, @07:53PM
It and it isn't.
You never see the stories "hacker phishing scam fails to impress anyone" so if you base your opinion on solely what gets published, it is easy to think it is weak everywhere.
But as usual the real trick was social engineering.