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OurMine hacked Variety, power-spammed subscribers

Two different hacking groups, both which claim to be of the non-malicious variety, have been busy bringing suspended Twitter accounts back from the dead and power-spamming Variety subscribers.

OurMine hacked Variety, power-spammed subscribers

If folks who like news about Hollywood hadn’t heard of the hacking group OurMine, then some of them are very familiar with the group’s name now.

OurMine reportedly compromised Variety’s content management system around 9 am PT on Saturday and published a post which Engadget said was later removed, but the hacking collective’s antics didn’t stop there. Variety’s subscribers were hammered with spam.

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Playstation chief Shuhei Yoshida has his Twitter hacked by OurMine

Playstation chief Shuhei Yoshida has his Twitter hacked by OurMine

Shuhei Yoshida, the popular president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s worldwide studios, appears to be the latest victim of the OurMine hacking gang, after his Twitter account was hijacked.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley