Over 500,000 Zoom accounts have been hacked and sold on the dark web: Report
4 years, 8 months ago

Over 500,000 Zoom accounts have been hacked and sold on the dark web: Report

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These accounts are reportedly being sold for less than a rupee each, and in some cases, they are being given away for free. Now, a report by Bleeping Computer claims that half a million Zoom accounts have been hacked and the data from these accounts have been sold on the dark web. Per the report, Cybel had reached out to the sellers of these Zoom accounts and bought 530,000 Zoom credentials at $0.0020 per account. “These accounts are shared via text sharing sites where the threat actors are posting lists of email addresses and password combinations,” Bleeping Computer writes. The cybersecurity firm also revealed that most of the hacked accounts belonged to well-known companies such as Chase, Citibank, educational institutions, and others.

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CNN  

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The Independent  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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