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Breach database company DataViper allegedly hacked with billions of records offered for sale
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Where the story takes an interesting twist is that Troia claims that hack was personal because he published a book earlier this year that detailed the activities of hacking groups. Further, he alleges that the leak was timed to damage his reputation before a talk he’s scheduled to give later this week at the SecurityWorld conference on the very same hackers.
“This specific case seems to be a personal revenge incident primarily directed to damage reputation of the allegedly breached cybersecurity firm,” Ilia Kolochenko, founder and chief executive officer of web security company ImmuniWeb, told SiliconANGLE. “Given the details of the incident, a criminal investigation may have a considerable degree of success to uncover the chain of events and identify the attackers.” Read Full Article
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