Google's Sundar Pichai joins ranks of those hacked by OurMine
You know what they say -- you're nobody 'til somebody hacks you. Well, luckily for Sundar Pichai, as of Sunday he is finally somebody.
The Google CEO has been hacked by OurMine, the latest in a long line of big names in tech to be compromised. You would've thought tech execs were impervious to hacks, but celebs, they're just like us!
It IT Blogwatch, we test our security.
Shirley Siluk gives us the background in OurMine Hacking Group Breaks into Google CEO's Quora Account:
Three weeks after...taking control of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts...hacker group...OurMine has broken into Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora and Twitter accounts.
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In addition to gaining access to Pichai's Quora account...OurMine was also able to autopost comments...via his linked Twitter account, which has 509,000 followers.
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In response to a Quora question about best applications and extensions for Gmail, the group replaced Pichai's response with the message, "Hey it's OurMine, we are just testing your security, please visit OurMine to upgrade it."
Curious how is OurMine accessing these accounts? Alex Hern explores one possibility in Google CEO Sundar Pichai joins long list of celebrities hacked by OurMine group:
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