messagio-com-vkontakte-business-messaging

The Dark Web is selling 100 million login credentials that belonged to Russian members of the social networking site VKontakte.

Hackers gained access to the well-known social network and demanded payment in Bitcoins of course for 100 million records, or $580 USD.

LeakedSource, which obtained a piece of the compromised database, examined material pertaining to the data breach. At least 100 million records of VK.com users each with a name, user login, and phone number are included in the compromised database.

Leaked Source has acquired a copy of this information and added it to its continuously expanding searchable database of leaked information.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/48085/data-breach/vk-com.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/messaggio-com-vkontakte-business-messaging

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"linkid": "messaggio-com-vkontakte-business-messaging",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

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                        'industry': 'Social Media',
                        'location': 'Russia',
                        'name': 'VKontakte',
                        'type': 'Social Networking Site'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': '100 million',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
                                              'User Login',
                                              'Phone Number']},
 'description': 'The Dark Web is selling 100 million login credentials that '
                'belonged to Russian members of the social networking site '
                'VKontakte. Hackers gained access to the well-known social '
                'network and demanded payment in Bitcoins of course for 100 '
                'million records, or $580 USD. LeakedSource, which obtained a '
                'piece of the compromised database, examined material '
                'pertaining to the data breach. At least 100 million records '
                'of VK.com users each with a name, user login, and phone '
                'number are included in the compromised database. Leaked '
                'Source has acquired a copy of this information and added it '
                'to its continuously expanding searchable database of leaked '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name', 'user login', 'phone number'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                'ransom_demanded': '$580 USD in Bitcoins'},
 'references': [{'source': 'LeakedSource'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown Hackers',
 'title': 'VKontakte Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}