In December 2010, Gawker was reportedly attacked by the hacker collective "Gnosis," allegedly in retaliation for a feud with 4Chan. The breach exposed information on 1.3 million users of Gawker, along with data from its other platforms, including Gizmodo and Lifehacker. Due to widespread password reuse, many victims later had their Twitter accounts compromised and used to distribute Acai berry spam.
- Date: Dec 11, 2010
- Domain:
gawker.com
- Threat Actor: Gnosis
- Country:
United States
- Category: News & Media
- Records Announced: 1,247,574
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Sources:
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Data:
Email Addresses
Passwords
Usernames
- Imported:
- Records Imported: 1,247,846
- Number of lines: 1,247,893
- Size: 71.75 MB
- Passwords:
DES
- Cracked:
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