Stack Overflow is hacked, data of 250 users is leaked

Tram Ho

The attack took place on May 5 and data of about 250 Stack Overflow users were leaked.

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Stack Overflow, the world’s largest question and answer forum for programming, has recently been “peeked” by hackers and took away private data from about … 250 users.

“While the data for all users is still safe, we have identified privileged Web queries used by hackers to exploit the IP address, name or email of a small number of Stack Exchange users. . Our team is reviewing the logs and will provide the necessary notifications for those affected, “ said Mary Ferguson, Technical Vice President of Stack Overflow.

In a recent update, Ferguson said Stack Overflow has estimated that the number of influences falls into about 250 users. The company announced the incident last Thursday and the company said it had discovered some privilege queries exploited by hackers on May 11.

This attack was determined to have started on May 5, when hackers exploited a security vulnerability in the new build deployed for stackoverflow.com’s development. Access has allowed hackers to log into the development infrastructure and grant higher privileges. Immediately after being detected, hackers were removed from the network.

To minimize the damage caused by hackers, Stack Overflow has maintained separate systems of websites, including customer groups, businesses and user groups. Stack Overflow also said there was no sign of private data of more than 10 million registered users being illegally accessed. Therefore, users can be assured of security level. If the suspect is a victim of the attack, the user can change the password and take steps to secure the account.

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