This HBO hacking doesn’t seem to end anytime soon as more and more hackers are frequenting their servers and even social media accounts. At the same time you tend to ask yourself so many questions, so how vulnerable is HBO security? Seems like every amateur proving his worth is going for HBO. The only difference this time around is that the hackers came out in the open and surprisingly don’t seem to be asking for a ransom of some sort but rather advertising their service to HBO, in a way asking for a job, that they will help upgrade their security, obviously for a certain fee, which is quiet rare. It’s like a thief who first steal your stuff, i.e., garden utensils at your backyard or merchandise in your shop so just to prove to you that you need him as a guard so to safe keep your merchandise. Who does that? Awkward!
The White Hat collective obtained access to several Twitter accounts, including the main HBO account, “Last Week Tonight” and “Game of Thrones.”
“Hi, OurMine here, we are just testing your security, HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security,” several messages posted read.
In the wake of hackers breaching HBO’s computer system, which allegedly saw emails, scripts and unreleased episodes leaked, self-described White Hat collective OurMine has taken advantage of the high profile story. On Wednesday, OurMine accessed several of HBO’s social media accounts, including the main HBO Twitter, the “Last Week Tonight” Twitter, and the “Game of Thrones” Twitter and Facebook accounts.
OurMine, which offers security assessments on social media, email and iCloud accounts (for a fee), has performed several high-profile attacks in the past, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Netflix and the NFL.
The accounts have since been returned to normal, and the OurMine posts deleted.
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Honestly, this is getting out of hand. Hackers and their tricks. It is well oo.