Infosecurity Magazine reports personal data of an estimated 100,000 social media influencers has been accessed and partially leaked following a breach at social media marketing firm Preen.Me, Risk Based Security has discovered. The same breach has also led to more than 250,000 social media users having their information fully exposed on a deep web hacking forum, leaving these individuals at risk of being targeted by scams. The leak was discovered by Risk Based Security’s data breach research team on June 6 when a known threat actor revealed they had compromised Preen.Me’s systems and were holding the personal information of over 100,000 affiliated influencers under ransom on a popular deep web hacking forum. The actor shared 250 records via PasteBin on the same day, and two days later on June 8, stated their intention to release the other 100,000 records, although this has not yet occurred. The information includes influencers’ social media links, email addresses, names, phone numbers and home addresses.
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@Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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@Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This breach has released the same information about hundreds of thousands of victims who also are now at risk...."
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@James MacQuiggan, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"it is important that the organization contact victims as soon as possible..."
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@James MacQuiggan, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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