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Namecheap says accounts compromised in hacking incident |
September 02, 2014
Hosting provider Namecheap said Monday hackers compromised some of its users’ accounts, likely using a recently disclosed list of 1.2 billion usernames and passwords compiled by Russian hackers.The “vast majority” of login attempts have failed, wrote Matt Russell, vice president of hosting, on a company blog.The attackers are trying brute-force attempts to gain control of accounts, which involves repeatedly trying different usernames and passwords until the right combination grants access.“As a precaution, we are aggressively blocking the IP addresses that appear to be logging in with the stolen password data... as well as making this data available to law enforcement,” Russell wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2600940/namecheap-says-accounts-compromised-in-hacking-incident.html#tk.rss_all
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