![]() SEA reportedly used phishing attacks to stage recent hacks of high-profile media sites and social media accounts, including Associated Press and BBC. Viber confirmed that the hack came as a result of a phishing attack on one of its employees and the company is now reviewing policies to prevent such incidences in the future. While this is not the most sensitive data (message content, address book, etc), we are disappointed that hackers were able to gain access to these systems.” ![]() In a further statement on this data Viber said, “The data is quite basic – we want to know when user registered, where from (country), device type (helps us understand who uses Viber, detect problems, etc), UDID is an internal ID (not the Apple UDID), push token is used to communicate with users (but cannot be used by a 3rd party), etc. “Sensitive, private user information is kept in a secure system that cannot be accessed through this type of attack and is not part of our support system.”Īs evidence of the hack, SEA posted a screenshot alleged to be from a Viber database, which included user information. “Viber’s databases were not ‘hacked’,” the statement said. Information from one of these systems – including Viber administrators’ names and contact details – was then posted to the support page, although Viber claims no sensitive user data was compromised in the attack. The support site has since been disabled and an official statement from Viber to TechCrunch assured users that the hackers only gained access to two minor systems: a customer support panel and a support administration system. The page was reportedly defaced with an SEA logo and claims that Viber spies on its users. SEA tweeted yesterday warning Viber users to delete the app and directed them to the website for reasons why. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a hacking group that supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has claimed responsibility for hacking the support website of communications app Viber, though the company reports no sensitive user data was breached.
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