A hacking group has claimed responsibility for breaching the online accounts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for the second time this year.
On Tuesday, the hacking group known as OurMine announced that they had hacked Zuckerberg's Pinterest account. To prove it, they uploaded a new message to the account that contained the group's website address.
So the Pinterest account “bio” stated: “Don’t worry, we’re just conducting security tests.”
The message that hackers left on Mark Zuckerberg's account was removed within minutes.
The OurMine group is well known for targeting high-profile users, such as CEOs and executives of technology companies in general. The hackers often deface their online accounts, adding their group name and a contact address.
As they have mentioned in previous hacks, they hope that this will lead their victims to contact them for security advice. The group's website also states that it offers security services.
The hackers announced the hack via email to a ZDNet editor, providing Zuckerberg's Twitter handle and password. Of course, ZDNet did not publish the data for obvious reasons.
The group said the Facebook boss had enabled two-factor authentication after the first hack they carried out earlier this year. According to the hackers, the phone number used on the account ends in "86.".
The hackers also said that the password he uses on Twitter was Zuckerberg's former personal password for Gmail, which was changed six months ago.
Of course, ZDNet did not verify the above information, as it would violate existing legislation.
