JD Wetherspoon Hacker Claims it Only Took 15 Minutes
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 12/10/2015 05:07 AM
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Last Friday, the British pub JD Wetherspoon was hacked and more than 650,000 customer details were stolen. Now the hacker, Ropertus, tells how easy it wa
According to Motherboard, Ropertus has been advertising Wetherspoon's data since at least 27 September on w0rm, a forum and online marketplace owned by a Russian hacker. No fixed price has been put on the stolen Wetherspoon data; instead, individuals messaged Ropertus to make their own offer.
Ropertus says: “I would price it US $750- US $1000” for the whole lot,” and he has apparently decided not to sell the Wetherspoon data at all, telling Motherboard: “I've made the decision not to sell it for a number of reasons, one of which is to further protect my identity.”
Instead, Ropertus claims that, “I did it simply because I could, and to serve as knowledge being put into practice.” The hacker claimed that the breach: “wasn't complicated whatsoever,” adding, “The vulnerability took no more than 15 minutes to find through manual searching and analysis”.
Source: SCMagazine
According to Motherboard, Ropertus has been advertising Wetherspoon's data since at least 27 September on w0rm, a forum and online marketplace owned by a Russian hacker. No fixed price has been put on the stolen Wetherspoon data; instead, individuals messaged Ropertus to make their own offer.Ropertus says: “I would price it US $750- US $1000” for the whole lot,” and he has apparently decided not to sell the Wetherspoon data at all, telling Motherboard: “I've made the decision not to sell it for a number of reasons, one of which is to further protect my identity.”
Instead, Ropertus claims that, “I did it simply because I could, and to serve as knowledge being put into practice.” The hacker claimed that the breach: “wasn't complicated whatsoever,” adding, “The vulnerability took no more than 15 minutes to find through manual searching and analysis”.
Source: SCMagazine
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