The NFL has tightened social media security after hackers launched a wide-ranging attack just days before Super Bowl LIV.
A number of NFL teams' Twitter accounts have recently been targeted by hackers , including the Twitter accounts for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers , who meet in the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday.
“On Monday, the NFL Cybersecurity department became aware of a breach of a league-related social media account. Targeted breaches and additional failed attempts were discovered across the league and team accounts,” the NFL explained in a statement released Tuesday. “The NFL took immediate action and directed the teams to secure their social media accounts and prevent further unauthorized access.
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Vikings news: Hackers have taken over Minnesota's Instagram account
The group made a post stating the ease of hacking verified social media accounts and the importance of account security.
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The Vikings certainly aren't the first professional sports team to get their social media accounts hacked and usually, teams will have their account back under control within a few hours.
As of this writing, it appears that the Vikings Instagram is back under control of the team as the OurMine post has been deleted.
Hackers hijack social media accounts for the NFL and 15 teams | ZDNet
A Saudi hacker group has mass-defaced the social media accounts of the NFL and 15 of its teams. The defacements were claimed by a group of hackers going by the name of OurMine.
The hacks, which occurred on the media-busy Super Bowl week, have been confirmed from multiple sources as follows:
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Exact details of how the defacements took place are currently unclear, however, a large portion of the tweets posted by the OurMine crew on the hijacked accounts are coming from Khoros.
Packers Hackers: NFL team Twitter account hacked
The account's profile photo was removed, and a tweet from the alleged hackers was sent out, and claimed responsibility.
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Other NFL team accounts were also impacted by the hackers, including the Bears, Chiefs, and the NFL twitter accounts.
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Hackers target NFL teams on Twitter ahead of Super Bowl - CNET
The Twitter accounts of several NFL teams were hacked on Monday ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl game. Around 15 teams, including the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers, were all targeted. The accounts had their profile images removed and some included messages from OurMine, the Saudi Arabia-based hacker group that appears to be responsible.
Hi, we're Back (OuَrMine).
We are here to Show people that everything is hackable
to improve your accounts security
Contact us: contact@ourmine.org
For security services visit: ourmine. org
Follow @OurM1ne for news.
Let's Get #OurMineBack Trending on twitter
Multiple NFL teams attacked by hackers on social media
A group of hackers targeted a total of 15 NFL teams on social media and took control of their Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts.
The BBC reports that the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, the two teams who are scheduled to face off in Sunday's Super Bowl, were among the hacked.
The group of hackers who claim responsibility for the attack are Dubai-based and call themselves, 'OurMine.'
They say they did it to demonstrate how vulnerable Internet security is and encourage efforts to improve it.
Zoom Fixed Flaw Opening Meetings to Hackers | Threatpost
Zoom has patched a flaw that could have allowed attackers to guess a meeting ID and enter a meeting.
NEW ORLEANS – Enterprise video conferencing firm Zoom has issued a bevy of security fixes after researchers said the company’s platform used weak authentication that made it possible for adversaries to join active meetings.
Research unveiled the research Tuesday here at CPX 360, a security event hosted by Check Point Security. The report revealed that it’s possible to correctly predict valid meeting IDs, due to Zoom identifying meeting IDs as “valid” or “invalid” when they are input into the meeting URL.
Data breaches jumped 17% in 2019 in banner year for hackers | Fortune
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