Botched Mumsnet update allowed users to see details of strangers’ accounts
Popular British parenting site Mumsnet apologises after software update allows users to log into strangers’ accounts.
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Parenting site Mumsnet hit by data breach – BBC News
- Parenting site Mumsnet hit by data breach BBC News
- Mumsnet denies ‘thousands’ affected by software glitch-induced data breach ComputerWeekly.com
- Mumsnet reports data breach to ICO after problematic cloud move IT PRO
- Mumsnet data breach: what has happened and what to know if you’re affected iNews
- Mumsnet data breach enabled users to log-in to each others’ accounts following platform upgrade www.computing.co.uk
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Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack
An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users’ accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Mumsnet DDoSed, SWATted, hacked – oh, and change your password, too!
Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts has announced that an intruder managed to gain access to some parts of the administration functions on the site. Mumsnet also suffered a DDoS attack, and Roberts and another member of Mumsnet were SWATted.
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