Black Hat Hacking Forums Get Hacked: Possibly a LulzSec Attack

Written by ali-mirus | Published 2020/01/29
Tech Story Tags: cybercrime | hacker-news | cybersecurity | data-breaches | breach-report | hacking | personal-data-security | cyber-threats

TLDR Three leading black hat hacking forums were reportedly exploited, affecting over 260,000 hackers. The attack is believed to be the work of the LulzSec group, which was involved in several high-profile attacks. The group was formed by Lulz Security, who was later taken into custody and helped the FBI trace two other members of the group, who were later identified as Ryan Cleary and James Jeffery. The attackers are believed to have used a malicious plug-in to gain access to the forums' data.via the TL;DR App

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Written by ali-mirus | Breach report - digital security platform. ATO prevention and 360 degrees credentials security.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/01/29