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Linode Data Breach (2013)

Linode

highVERIS
Disclosed

April 15, 2013

4729 days ago

Records

5.5M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

Hackers exploited an Adobe vulnerability and used it to access Linode Manager web servers. One of Linode's web servers, parts of their source code, and their database were accessed. No other components of the Linode infrastructure were accessed by the hackers. Encrypted customer credit card numbers and passwords were obtained. The group HTP claimed responsibility for the hack.