d0837296baef4fc14d667832c1a5215944b54a8f46af2d5c5c Exclusive: Truecaller Database hacked by Syrian Electronic Army | TipsS And TricksS

Exclusive: Truecaller Database hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

on Thursday, 18 July 2013
It's been long time since we reported news updates on hacking attacks done by Syrian Electronic ArmyJust now, Syrian Electronic Army has posted a tweet saying they have hacked into TrueCaller website (www.truecaller.com)

 
In another tweet, the group has provided the database host address,database name,  username, and password in plain-text.

Speaking to E Hacking News, the hackers said they have hacked into the TrueCaller's server and downloaded more than 7 databases.  The said the main database is 450GB.

The downloaded database includes truecaller_ugc(459GB), truecaller (100GB),truecaller_profiles( 4GB), truecaller_api(123KB), truecaller_PushMe(2.2KB), tc_admin(7MB), tc_www:(70MB).

The database is claimed to have access codes of more than million facebook, twitter, linkedin , Gmail accounts that will allow hacker to post updates from victim's account.


The group claimed the outdated wordpress allowed them to gain access to the admin panel.

At the time of writing, they shutdown their website and it displays the following error message "We are doing some upgrades. Thank you for your patience."

*UPDATE:
TrueCaller confirmed the security breach in their officail blog. However, they denied the hacker access to the social network's access codes. 

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