2016 KM.RU and Nival Networks data breaches
The KM.RU and Nival Networks data breaches were reported in early 2016. KM.RU is a Russian email service while Nival Networks is a Russian gaming company. A total of at least 1.5 million victims were affected by these data breaches according to computer security researcher Troy Hunt, who also confirmed the legitimacy of the data breaches themselves and pointed out that the most sensitive between the two breaches came from KM.RU, where security questions and answers are included in the breach in a plaintext format.
The responsiblity for this hack is claimed by a hacker calling himself Cyber Anakin or "cyberanakinvader", and the stated motive was the desire to avenge the shoot down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "A Teen Hacker is targeting Russian sites as Revenge for the MH17 crash". Vice Motherboard. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017.
- ↑ "KM.RU - cyberinsurance.com". Retrieved 1 Jan 2017.
 | This Internet-related article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
External Links[edit]
- News.com.au coverage of the data breaches
This article "2016 KM.RU and Nival Networks data breaches" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
