nsane.forums Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hackers have claimed responsibility for a second attack against Gawker Media, after it was attacked earlier in the year. The company, under which Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Gawker, and Kotaku are all branches, has had a large amount of information stolen and posted on PasteBay. Information seized from the service includes Gawker logins, email addresses, passwords, and FTP information. The identity of the hacking group responsible is unclear, due to the PasteBay post using the name of "Gnosis" for the opening ASCII art, alongside the tagline of "Where is your god now!?!?", though later in the pasted information, the name 'Anonymous' is used to refer to the group. It could be a case of Gnosis being affiliated with Anonymous, and choosing to use the larger group's name, or Gnosis is the name of one member that has taken the information. In any case, the term 'Anonymous' is used near the opening, in a sentence that reads: "You would think someone like Nick Denton who likes to run his mouth and taunts such an unforgiving mass like Anonymous, would use a more...." The quote then goes on to state Nick Denton's password, and multiple destinations online where he has used the password. In addition, the pasted information lists a series of users that have the password of 'password' on Gawker Media websites. According to PasteBay's line count, the information posted is close to 4,000 lines long. The log also points out that Denton retained the same password for a service called Campfire, which offers team collaboration and management aid, before revealing that his Campfire account contained 4GB of chat logs with other members of the team. Any one who has a registered account with Gawker should be advised to update their passwords. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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