- Jan 24, 2011
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Saudi hacking group OurMine has hacked BuzzFeed and defaced some articles, including a story in which the publication had supposedly revealed the real identity of one of the crew's members.
The article, cached here and here, claims that a Saudi teenager named "Ahmad Makki" is the main person behind the OurMine group. BuzzFeed said that its report was based on the fact that this name continuously came up in doxes published online by various other hacking groups, but also cited new evidence its reporters received.
A day after the article's publication, a number of BuzzFeed articles were defaced (cached version here) with the following message:
“ Hacked by OurMine team, don’t share fake news about us again, we have your database. Next time it will be public. Don’t [expletive] with OurMine again. ”
It is unclear if OurMine managed to steal BuzzFeed's database. At the time of writing, all defaced BuzzFeed articles are down, along with the original exposé. BuzzFeed provided the following comment regarding the incident via Twitter:
“ The hacking group OurMine Wednesday altered several posts on BuzzFeed.com after a BuzzFeed News article reported that a Saudi teenager is most likely behind scores of hacks of tech CEOs and celebrities. BuzzFeed News is working to restore the altered articles, including the original report on the group. ”
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/ourm...poses-one-of-its-alleged-members-508990.shtml
A day after the article's publication, a number of BuzzFeed articles were defaced (cached version here) with the following message:
“ Hacked by OurMine team, don’t share fake news about us again, we have your database. Next time it will be public. Don’t [expletive] with OurMine again. ”
It is unclear if OurMine managed to steal BuzzFeed's database. At the time of writing, all defaced BuzzFeed articles are down, along with the original exposé. BuzzFeed provided the following comment regarding the incident via Twitter:
“ The hacking group OurMine Wednesday altered several posts on BuzzFeed.com after a BuzzFeed News article reported that a Saudi teenager is most likely behind scores of hacks of tech CEOs and celebrities. BuzzFeed News is working to restore the altered articles, including the original report on the group. ”
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/ourm...poses-one-of-its-alleged-members-508990.shtml
