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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago

Lawsuit says Clorox hackers got passwords simply by asking

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Lawsuit says Clorox hackers got passwords simply by asking

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago

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Clorox was one of several major companies hit in August 2023 by the hacking group dubbed Scattered Spider, which specializes in tricking IT help desks into handing over credentials.

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At least it wasn’t due to a user input sanitization issue
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  instead it was a user sanitization issue

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