The latest victim of a high-profile hack is Google CEO Sundar Pichai, whose Quora account was targeted over the weekend by hacking group OurMine, which also claimed credit for hacking Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts earlier this month.
The hacking team said the Google CEO’s “security was really weak.”
Both Pichai’s Quora and Twitter accounts have since been cleaned up, with no evidence remaining of a breach — however, a screenshot of his defaced Twitter profile was shared by OurMine.
In a statement to The Next Web, the team said it had gained access to Pichai’s Quora account by a vulnerability on the platform.
It said the vulnerability had been reported by Quora, but that the team had yet to get a response.
The OurMine hacking group is eager to depict itself as a security firm, and advertises services on its site that scan websites, social media accounts, and companies for security vulnerabilities.
The team also claims to have hacked Twitter co-founder Evan Williams’ Twitter account, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s Twitter account, apart from Randi Zuckerberg and Channing Tatum.
Google CEO’s Quora account hacked
Google CEO’s Quora account hacked
