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Stack Overflow suspends user for editing posts in OpenAI protest

A recent partnership announcement between OpenAI and Stack Overflow has some members concerned that their data is being used without permission and, when trying to remove their posts, find their accounts are suspended.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 08, 2024
- 03:59 PM
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Okta says data leaked on hacking forum not from its systems

Okta denies that its company data was leaked after a threat actor shared files allegedly stolen during an October 2023 cyberattack on a hacker forum.
- Bill Toulas
- March 11, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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New BunnyLoader threat emerges as a feature-rich malware-as-a-service

Security researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) named 'BunnyLoader' advertised on multiple hacker forums as a fileless loader that can steal and replace the contents of the system clipboard.
- Bill Toulas
- October 02, 2023
- 03:59 PM
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HCA confirms breach after hacker steals data of 11 million patients

HCA Healthcare disclosed a data breach impacting an estimated 11 million patients who received care at one of its hospitals and clinics after a threat actor posted samples of stolen data on a hacking forum.
- Bill Toulas
- July 11, 2023
- 10:59 AM
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Kodi discloses data breach after forum database for sale online

The Kodi Foundation has disclosed a data breach after hackers stole the organization's MyBB forum database containing user data and private messages and attempted to sell it online.
- Bill Toulas
- April 11, 2023
- 12:31 PM
- 0
Brave adds Discussions to enrich its search results

Brave, the maker of the homonymous web browser, has announced a new feature called Discussions that adds conversations from online forums to its privacy-focused search engine.
- Bill Toulas
- April 20, 2022
- 09:00 AM
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Female escort review site data breach affects 470,000 members

An online community promoting female escorts and reviews of their services has suffered a data breach after a hacker downloaded the site's database.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 03, 2021
- 03:03 AM
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Ransomware gang taunts IObit with repeated forum hacks

A ransomware gang continues to taunt Windows software developer IObit by hacking its forums to display a ransom demand.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 25, 2021
- 11:37 AM
- 2
IObit forums hacked to spread ransomware to its members

Windows utility developer IObit was hacked over the weekend to perform a widespread attack to distribute the strange DeroHE ransomware to its forum members.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 18, 2021
- 02:57 PM
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Koei Tecmo discloses data breach after hacker leaks stolen data

Japanese game developer Koei Tecmo has disclosed a data breach and taken their European and American websites offline after stolen data was posted to a hacker forum.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 26, 2020
- 01:51 PM
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Owner of Cardplanet credit card market gets 9 years in prison

A 30-year old Russian national named Aleksey Yurievich Burkov was sentenced today to nine years in prison for running Cardplanet and Direct Connection, two sites that facilitated payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other cybercrimes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 26, 2020
- 04:44 PM
- 0
Hackers' private chats leaked in stolen WeLeakData database

Ironically, the database for the defunct hacker forum and data breach marketplace called WeLeakData.com is being sold on the dark web and exposes the private conversations of hackers who used the site.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 11, 2020
- 03:54 PM
- 0
Hacker Selling User Info Stolen From Prostitution Forums

Popular prostitution and escort forums in the Netherlands and Italy have suffered data breaches that exposed the usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords for their registered members.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 10, 2019
- 03:10 PM
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Comodo Forums Breached, Data of Over 170,000 Users Up for Grabs

Account data belonging to more than half of all Comodo Forums users has been stolen and is now traded online. The breach was possible by exploiting a vulnerability in the software that powers the forum.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 01, 2019
- 02:22 AM
- 2
XKCD Forum Breach Exposes Emails, Passwords of 562,000 Users

The forums of the XKCD webcomic created by Randall Munroe in 2005 are currently offline after being impacted by a data breach which exposed the information of 561,991 users on July 1.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 03, 2019
- 11:53 AM
- 0
Sodinokibi Ransomware Spreads via Fake Forums on Hacked Sites

A distributor for the Sodinokibi Ransomware is hacking into WordPress sites and injecting JavaScript that displays a fake Q & A forum post over the content of the original site. This fake post contains an "answer" from the site's "admin" that contains a link to the ransomware installer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 02, 2019
- 11:27 AM
- 0
Social Engineering Forum Hacked, Data Shared on Leak Sites

A forum dedicated to social engineering topics was breached about two weeks ago and data from tens of thousands of members leaked online on the very same day of the hack.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 24, 2019
- 10:36 AM
- 0
MyBB Forum Patches Vulnerabilities That Allow Site Takeover

MyBB has released updates today that fix vulnerabilities version 1.8.20 and older that could allow an attacker to take complete control over a site and potentially the server.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 11, 2019
- 06:55 PM
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Bodybuilding.com Security Breach, All Customer Passwords Reset

Bodybuilding.com fitness and bodybuilding fan website notified its customers of a security breach detected during February 2019 which was the direct result of a phishing email received back in July 2018.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 22, 2019
- 03:36 PM
- 0
Hacker Compromised Official phpBB Download Links

An unknown attacker has compromised download links for the phpBB forum software, according to a statement released today by the phpBB development team.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 27, 2018
- 02:10 PM
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