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Jul 18, 2017 · Since the story broke, Myspace has responded and removed its old account recovery page but the fact the weakness existed in the first place is still concerning.
MySpace, once the largest social networking site, experienced a massive data breach that came to light in 2016. The breach itself reportedly occurred years earlier, around 2013, but its full extent only became widely known when stolen data was found being offered for sale on dark web marketplaces.
Jun 1, 2016 · Usernames, passwords and email addresses registered before June 11, 2013 were compromised and were spotted on an online hacking forum, according to a May 31 Myspace blog post. Officials believe Russian cyberhacker ‘Peace’, who is allegedly responsible for the LinkedIn and Tumblr breaches, is also responsible for this event.
Oct 4, 2015 · It was around midnight on October 4, 2005, in Los Angeles, when Samy Kamkar, then a 19-year-old hacker, released what has come to be known as the “Samy worm,” perhaps the fastest-spreading...
- Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
MySpace has since secured its site against the vulnerability. [1] Samy Kamkar, the author of the worm, was raided by the United States Secret Service and Electronic Crimes Task Force in 2006 for releasing the worm. [4] He entered a plea agreement on January 31, 2007, to a felony charge. [5]
Feb 7, 2017 · As reported in USA Today at the time of the Myspace breach, the data was limited to usernames, passwords and email addresses from the platform prior to June 11, 2013, when the site was relaunched...
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May 31, 2016 · Myspace on Tuesday confirmed reports that it suffered a major data breach in 2013 and that the stolen information is now up for sale online.
