2013 — Because of MongoHQ breach, attacker gained access…
Data compromised
Credentials
Technical writeup
Because of MongoHQ breach, attacker gained access through mongohq into buffer's database, grabbed the auth tokens for facebook and twitter, then began to spam about a weight loss site through compromised facebook and twitter accounts.
Root cause
Hacking: Use of stolen creds
References
- http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2013/10/26/social-sharing-service-buffer-hacked-pauses-shares-temporarily/
- http://agbeat.com/business-marketing/buffer-gets-hacked-company-handles-impeccably/
- http://open.bufferapp.com/buffer-has-been-hacked-here-is-whats-going-on/?utm_content=bufferfebab&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer#update8
- http://news.softpedia.com/news/MongoHQ-Hacked-the-Incident-Is-Connected-to-the-Buffer-Breach-395417.shtml