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Why Syrian Hackers Targeted a Skype Rival
The Syrian Electronic Army, the hacker group responsible for defacing several online news sites, has struck again. Visitors to a section of Viber Media's website — which provides a Skype-like Internet calling app used by 200 million people — found a scary-looking message posted there this week.
"The Israeli-based 'Viber' is spying and tracking you," the Syrian group wrote on the site. "We weren't able to hack all Viber systems, but most of it is designed for spying and tracking."
In a statement, Viber said: "It is very important to emphasize that no sensitive user data was exposed and that Viber's databases were not 'hacked.' Sensitive, private user information is kept in a secure system that cannot be accessed through this type of attack." Read more...
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