Quora, the popular question-and-answer website suffered a data breach incident after hackers broke into one of its systems and compromised information from approximately 100 million users.
The company discovered that a malicious third party had gained unauthorized access to one of its systems and compromised account information, including names, email addresses and encrypted passwords,
Some User-imported data from other social networks was also taken.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/quora
"id": "quo158301222",
"linkid": "quora",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Approximately 100 million users',
'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Quora',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Approximately 100 million',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['User account information',
'Names',
'Email addresses',
'Encrypted passwords',
'User-imported data from other '
'social networks']},
'description': 'Quora, the popular question-and-answer website suffered a '
'data breach incident after hackers broke into one of its '
'systems and compromised information from approximately 100 '
'million users. The company discovered that a malicious third '
'party had gained unauthorized access to one of its systems '
'and compromised account information, including names, email '
'addresses and encrypted passwords. Some user-imported data '
'from other social networks was also taken.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User account information',
'Names',
'Email addresses',
'Encrypted passwords',
'User-imported data from other social '
'networks']},
'threat_actor': 'Malicious Third Party',
'title': 'Quora Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}