Hackers gained access to user information and are now selling it on the Internet
Computer Pirates attacked pornographic site Brazzers and stole almost 800,000 accounts to find out user data, which are now being sold over the internet in the Dark Web. Although the attack was directed to one of the site forums, were also stolen information accounts who never signed up this forum but had account on Brazzers.
the stolen information included email accounts, user names and passwords of 790.724 people, according to the trade publication Motherboard , which quotes vigilante.pw, a site surveillance and security on the internet.
Matt Stevens, public relations Brazzers, told Motherboard that the computer attack was due to the “vulnerability of a software [provided by others] , vBulletin, and not the Brazzers itself. “
Recently it was reported that a website created for video game fans Grand Theft Auto , and which also uses the software vBulletin it was invaded by hackers who managed the data of about 200 thousand people
the article Motherboard, a board is left to those who create accounts on any site:. use an email and one word only pass to each site. Therefore, if the account is attacked by hackers you can not find much information about users.
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