OurMine hacking group known for hacking social media accounts of tech giants and their CEOs has found a new target and this time it’s the official website of Variety news, a weekly American entertainment news magazine.
Earlier Saturday morning, OurMine group hacked into the Variety news website and posted an article with a title,
“Review: Hacked by #OutMine -Read The post!! [Important] By Sasan Crabtree.”
Sasan Crabtree was a writer for Variety whose last article was published in 2004 and it seems like the group hacked her contributor account to post the above-mentioned title and below mentioned content inside the article.
“Hello Variety, it’s #OurMine, don’t worry we are just testing your security, please contact us on ourmine.org -> Contact to show you how…” it stopped mid-sentence, instructing to “watch a video” link for further instruction. That video has since been taken down.
Image Source: Juice Black / Twitter
Eh did @Variety get hacked? Just got an email from them that says they apparently did…
— Juice Black (@JuiceBlack) September 3, 2016
That’s not all, the hackers also sent fake emails to Variety’s subscribers but it is unclear how they got access to the subscribers’ list.
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Variety, on the other hand, has acknowledged the hack and issued an apology on their site:
“You may have received one or more emails from Variety with the subject line #Ourmine.Variety did not send those emails; please ignore and delete them. We are working diligently to contain the matter and will update you when the issues have been resolved.”
