Reddit is hacked, many member data is stolen

Reddit has been attacked by hackers and stolen data including passwords, message content, personal information, etc. of the members between June 14 and June 18.

Reddit is the world's largest membership forum and 5th in the US in terms of traffic. But Reddit was attacked by hackers and stole data including passwords, message content, personal information, etc. of the members from June 14 to June 18.

Chief technology officer Christopher Slowe recently posted a post at the r / announcements on the Reddit forum announcing a hacker attack and advised members to change their passwords to ensure information security.

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Hackers attack Reddit by approaching a mobile device to block Reddit employees' SMS messages when they use two-factor authentication. Then, hackers go to Reddit employee account and access the backed up data, source code and member data.

Among them, there were members' data from 2005 to 2007. Based on that data, hackers can steal passwords, read text messages, get personal information like names and addresses. email of these members.

Security measures are being tightened on the Reddit forum, but they still warn members of the forum to change the password and enable the two-layer security feature.

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