The notorious LulzSec hacking group has published login passwords for almost 26,000 users of an x-rated porn website. The hackers compromised the database of the hardcore website (called "Pron"), exposing not only the email addresses and passwords of over 25,000 members but also the credentials of 55 administrators of other adult websites.
Furthermore, LulzSec drew particular attention to various government and military email addresses (.mil and .gov) that appeared to have accounts with the porn website.
That must be an embarrassing one to explain to the boss..
To add insult to injury, the LulzSec group called on its many recent Twitter followers to exploit the situation, by logging into Facebook with the email/password combination and tell the victim's Facebook friends and family about their porn habit.
It should go without saying that logging into someone else's account without their permission is against the law in most countries around the world.
Fortunately, it's reported that Facebook's security team responded quickly to the threat - and reset the passwords for all of the accounts it had which matched the email addresses exposed. Of course, it's still possible that those email address/password combinations are being used on other websites.
Furthermore, LulzSec drew particular attention to various government and military email addresses (.mil and .gov) that appeared to have accounts with the porn website.
That must be an embarrassing one to explain to the boss..
To add insult to injury, the LulzSec group called on its many recent Twitter followers to exploit the situation, by logging into Facebook with the email/password combination and tell the victim's Facebook friends and family about their porn habit.
It should go without saying that logging into someone else's account without their permission is against the law in most countries around the world.
Fortunately, it's reported that Facebook's security team responded quickly to the threat - and reset the passwords for all of the accounts it had which matched the email addresses exposed. Of course, it's still possible that those email address/password combinations are being used on other websites.
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