Russian-speaking hackers breach 97 websites, many of them dating ones

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http://www.networkworld.com/article/2977448/russian-speaking-hackers-breach-97-websites-many-of-them-dating-ones.html

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
Aug 30, 2015

Russian-speaking hackers have breached 97 websites, mostly dating-related, 
and stolen login credentials, putting hundreds of thousands of users at 
risk.

Many of the websites are niche dating ones similar to Ashley Madison, 
according to a list compiled by Hold Security, a Wisconsin-based company 
that specializes in analyzing data breaches. A few are job-related sites.

Batches of stolen information were found on a server by the company’s 
analysts, said Alex Holden, Hold Security’s founder and CTO. The server, 
for some reason, was not password protected, allowing analysis of its 
contents, he said.

None of the dating sites are nearly as prominent as Ashley Madison, which 
saw sensitive company information, emails, internal documents and details 
of 30 million registered users released in a devastating data breach. 
Holden said this Russian-speaking group is not related to Impact Team, 
which claimed credit for the intrusion into Ashley Madison.

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