Bitdefender Hacked, Hacker Attempts Blackmail

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Read the gory details at the links below:


http://www.computerworld.com/article/29555...-blackmail.html


http://blog.hackerfilm.com/2015/07/antivir...der-hacked.html


(It may not make any difference if the hacker's claim of still having access is true, but it probably wouldn't hurt to change your MyBitdefender password....)

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  • Rohugh
    Rohugh ✭✭

    It appears this has effected a small number of their SMB customers, who have already had their passwords changed. So, as a home user I will sit tight unless I hear to the contrary from Bitdefender.

  • dondon
    dondon

    Well, unencrypted user passwords are really disturbing to me.


    Was this "just a mistake" or Bitdefenders default behavior?


    Will Bitdefender use password encryption in the future?


    Is there any official statement to this attack?


    Thank you.

  • squibbon
    squibbon ✭
    Well, unencrypted user passwords are really disturbing to me.


    Was this "just a mistake" or Bitdefenders default behavior?


    Will Bitdefender use password encryption in the future?


    Is there any official statement to this attack?


    Thank you.


    More discussion on the hacking issue here:


    https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30207002-...dentials-leaked


    I've looked high and low for an official Bitdefender statement and have not found it. Contrast this to how Kaspersky handled it's recent hacking - https://blog.kaspersky.com/kaspersky-statement-duqu-attack/


    Bitdefender's silence on this as well as no immediate response to the recent trouble with the BDIS 'Windows 10 update' that caused the firewall component to cut off internet access is quite troubling.

  • dondo:n
    dondo:n
    More discussion on the hacking issue here:


    https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30207002-...dentials-leaked


    I can not see any discussion there. It's just yackety-yak. Because nobody knows anything.


    Contrast this to how Kaspersky handled it's recent hacking - https://blog.kaspersky.com/kaspersky-statement-duqu-attack/


    Bitdefender's silence on this as well as no immediate response to the recent trouble with the BDIS 'Windows 10 update' that caused the firewall component to cut off internet access is quite troubling.


    I'm absolutely with you in this point. I was thinking the same and I was impressed by the way how Kaspersky handled it.


    I'm afraid Bitdefender has a different strategy. Be quiet and sit it out. This creates no confidence..

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