Popular IRC service UKChatterbox advised its users to change their passwords after it was targeted in a series of hacks that compromised user details.
The password reset followed on from a succession of outages previously attributed to maintenance upgrades – dating back to the start of the summer.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ukchatterbox-urges-password-change-following-hack-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/chatterbox1
"id": "cha21494123",
"linkid": "chatterbox1",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2011",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Internet/Telecommunications',
'location': 'United Kingdom',
'name': 'UKChatterbox',
'type': 'IRC Service'}],
'customer_advisories': ['advised users to change their passwords'],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['user details']},
'description': 'UKChatterbox, a popular IRC service, advised its users to '
'change their passwords after being targeted in a series of '
'hacks that compromised user details. The password reset '
'followed a succession of outages previously attributed to '
'maintenance upgrades, dating back to the start of the summer.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['user details'],
'downtime': ['succession of outages']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['advised users to change their '
'passwords'],
'remediation_measures': ['password reset']},
'title': 'UKChatterbox IRC Service Hack',
'type': 'Data Breach'}