MikeChipshop Member Posted July 24, 2013 Member Share Posted July 24, 2013 The Syrian Electronic Army sent out a warning over Twitter earlier Tuesday that said, "If you have 'Viber' app installed we advise you to delete it." The hacking group was claiming responsibility for both breaching Viber's database and defacing its Web site, according to The Hacker News. Right after the breach, Viber's support page on its Web site displayed a banner that said "Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army" and a note that said "Dear All Viber Users, the Israeli-based 'Viber' is spying and tracking you." As of this writing, the banner is no longer up and instead a "403 Forbidden" message is displayed. Viber is an app that lets users call and message via Wi-Fi for free. In May, it announced that it had more than 200 million users spread across 193 countries. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that indeed its Web site was defaced but that sensitive user information was not stolen. Source Not a Viber user myself but to those that are it's big news. Apparently no personal information was accessed or stolen so looks like a plain web site hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I used to use Viber but that was ages ago. Might just remove my account... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted July 24, 2013 Author Member Share Posted July 24, 2013 I think the problem is a lot of these companies grew far to fast and done little to budget for the security needed by a well known product. Bet they suddenly budget for it now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 defacing a website is never in the name of research, it's acting like an ###### MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 defacing a website is never in the name of research, it's acting like an ******* They never claimed it was 'research'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagum Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 They never claimed it was 'research'... I think he's confusing it with the researcher that took responsibility for the Apple dev centre hack. Same difference none the less. Disclosure to the site owners and allowing them to fix it, and defacing/leeching all the accounts are two different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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