That time, the company scrambled to calm down users who were worried that their listed sexual preferences would go public. Last year, a hack exposed the sexual secrets of 3.5 million Adult FriendFinder users. If confirmed, this would be the second embarrassing episode for the company. "Everything is for sale these days, and I'm hungry," the hacker said.ĭavid Kennedy, CEO of cybersecurity firm TrustedSec, said the stolen database is being offered for sale on several black market websites. The hacker told CNNMoney the user data is now being sold online for $4,000. CNNMoney sent those samples to Friend Finder Networks, but the company has not yet confirmed they are legitimate.Ī hacker, who goes by the name 1x0123, posted images last month purporting to prove the hack occurred on September 7. targets arrested in PragueĬNNMoney has received samples of the stolen data from cybersecurity professionals and the hacker who has claimed responsibility. Related: Russian man accused of hacking U.S. On Friday 25 February Ukraine's cyber defence force issued a warning on social media about a widespread attempt to infect citizens with malicious software: "a phishing attack has started against Ukrainians! Citizens' e-mail addresses receive letters with attached files of uncertain nature." The authorities blamed Russian-allied Belarusian hackers.The company also stated that it "is in the process of notifying affected users.Security researchers also discovered a more serious 'wiper' tool being used on a small number of computers to wipe all data from them. On Wednesday 23 February websites for numerous government ministries and financial services organisations were hit with another wave of DDoS attacks.The UK and US said that the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) was almost certainly involved". On 15 and 16 February more DDoS attacks temporarily took down websites for two banks and the Ukrainian army.Access to most of the sites was restored within hours. Some displayed a message warning Ukrainians to "prepare for the worst". On Friday 14 January about 70 government websites were hit with a DDoS attack.
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