ShinyHunters Strikes Again: The Hackers Behind the Rockstar Breach Just Hit Vimeo Too

If you’re a Vimeo user, you might want to start monitoring your online accounts and maybe even change your password. This is because Vimeo has recently disclosed a data breach, which unfortunately resulted in personal information belonging to 119,000 people being exposed. Vimeo confirms recent data breach For those unfamiliar, back in April, Vimeo confirmed it was a victim of a data breach. It wasn’t the result of hackers breaching its systems, but rather the systems of Anodot, a data anomaly detection company. However, as a result of that breach, personal data belonging to 119,000 people were stolen. According to Have I Been Pwned, it seems that this was the work of hacking group ShinyHunters. If the name sounds familiar, it is because the group has been behind a spate of hacks in recent months. This includes Rockstar Games, which suffered a breach via a third-party provider. A company called Aura, which sells data theft protection, was also another victim. Vimeo says, “Our initial findings suggest that the databases accessed primarily contain technical data, video titles and metadata, and, in some cases, customer email addresses.” The company is also reassuring users that this data breach did not access customer login
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