Flipboard Hacked, (Twice?) Resets all Passwords, Tokens

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

https://www.cbronline.com/news/flipboard-hack

By Conor Reynolds
Computer Business Review
29th May 2019

"We also notified law enforcement."

The news aggregator and online magazine platform Flipboard is warning its users 
that it has been hacked and a "subset" of users’ details likely stolen, forcing 
it to reset its entire userbase’s passwords.

Founded and based in California, the news and magazine aggregator has been in 
operation since 2010. The platform is on most Android phones by default, and is 
accessible on iOS systems. It currently has over 150 million monthly users.

The damage appears to have been limited, as Flipboard doesn’t gather user data 
beyond a name and username. Passwords were encrypted and salted.

The Flipboard hack was first identified by its engineering team on April 23. 
The team identified unauthorised activity within the system occurring on April 
21 and warned it may have resulted in the hacker making copies of the user 
database from the dates June 2, 2018, to March 23, 2019.

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