Reddit Breached With Stolen Employee Credentials

1 year ago AndyC

Reddit
announced
that
its
internal
systems
were
breached
on
Feb.
5
as
the
result
of
an
employee
credential
compromise.

The
company
said
a
“sophisticated
and
highly-targeted”

phishing
attack
was
able
to
trick
a
single
employee
into
giving
up
their
login
information.

The
cyberattackers
then
gained
access
to
code
and
some
internal
data,
including
advertiser
and
employee
information.
Reddit
user
data
was
not
affected,
however,
the
company
said.

“Based
on
several
days
of
initial
investigation
by
security,
engineering,
and
data
science
(and
friends!),
we
have
no
evidence
to
suggest
that
any
of
your
non-public
data
has
been
accessed,
or
that
Reddit’s
information
has
been
published
or
distributed
online,”
the

company
said.

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AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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