{"id":189,"date":"2016-07-18T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T06:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingtrainer.com\/resources\/?p=189"},"modified":"2017-11-18T14:08:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T08:38:05","slug":"googles-ceo-sundar-pichais-quora-account-attacked-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingtrainer.com\/resources\/googles-ceo-sundar-pichais-quora-account-attacked-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s CEO Sundar Pichai\u2019s Quora Account Attacked by Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hackersnewsbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ceo-google-hacked.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"ceo google hacked\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackersnewsbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ceo-google-hacked-640x336.png\" alt=\"google ceo hacked\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Anyone can be a <strong>victim of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackersnewsbulletin.com\/2016\/07\/fdic-hacked-china.html\">hacking<\/a><\/strong>, and the latest high-profile victim is Google CEO, Sundar Pichai. The hackers involved, OurMine, got into <strong>Sundar\u2019s Quora account<\/strong> and linked it to his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>The breach only came to light when OurMine used <strong>Sundar\u2019s<\/strong> account to post to <strong>Quora<\/strong>, then linked the account to his <strong>Twitter<\/strong> which enabled the two platforms to show the same posts. The <strong>hack<\/strong> happened on Sunday and all the tweets and <strong>Quora posts<\/strong> have since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13584 size-full td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackersnewsbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hackers-google-ceo.png\" alt=\"sundar Pichai\u2019s hackers\" width=\"714\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As opposed to <strong>Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s hack<\/strong>, the trio hack team from Saudi Arabia did not rely on the 2012 <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong> data leak to obtain <strong>passwords<\/strong>; instead, they capitalised on a weakness they claim to have spotted in <strong>Quora\u2019s system<\/strong>, which is a platform where people ask and answer questions. Quora was launched in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it is only trying to see how secure people\u2019s <strong>accounts<\/strong> are, and hopes people will secure their accounts better.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>hackers<\/strong> added that they sent specifics of the hack to <strong>Quora<\/strong> but the owners have not responded to their \u2018generosity\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13583 size-full td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackersnewsbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/haking-account-google-ceo.png\" alt=\"sundar Pichai\u2019s account hacking\" width=\"712\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>hackers<\/strong> do offer <strong>security<\/strong> services to their victims. At times, the charges can be as high as $5000 and this will cover a thorough check of their <strong>social media accounts<\/strong>, websites and other cyber safety issues.<\/p>\n<p>But, as opposed to advising people to make their <strong>accounts<\/strong> more secure, OurMine is searching for ways to push their <strong>services<\/strong> forward and sell them. The group has so far made <strong>$16,500<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone can be a victim of hacking, and the latest high-profile victim is Google CEO, Sundar Pichai. The hackers involved, OurMine, got into Sundar\u2019s Quora account and linked it to his Twitter account. 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