Reddit, the social network with more than 50 million daily active users, announced that its systems were hacked in a way it described as "progressive and targeted".
(Reddit) He added in a post that hackers could obtain documents, parts of the source code, and a set of the company's internal systems.
According to the company today (Sunday), the hack emerged on February 5, when it became aware of an advanced phishing operation targeting employees, in which attackers convincingly sent fake messages to employees linked to the emergence of an internal company website. I was tempted to visit. With the aim of stealing passwords and access codes for the two-step verification system.
The company added that the hackers were able to steal the employee's credentials and use them to break into the company's internal data, indicating that it had not seen any evidence of hackers accessing its main systems that it works on. Web site and stores most of the data.
The company confirmed that much of the leak contained information about hundreds of its former and current employees, in addition to data from some advertisers. However, after several days of investigations by the engineering and security teams, there was no evidence that the hackers published the information or obtained the data and passwords of the social network's users.
(Reddit) said the bug was discovered and reported by the same employee who was hacked, prompting the company to respond quickly and take action to try to stop the attack. She is currently working to find out more about its nature so that precautions can be taken to ensure this does not happen again.
Despite assurances that user data would not be compromised, the company reminded users of the importance of enabling two-step verification in their accounts, changing passwords regularly, and using an app password manager to help them manage complex and secure password generation passwords.
It should be noted that (Reddit) is a social network that allows its users to post links and images and start discussions on various topics, and users can vote affirmatively or downvote posts to highlight the most popular topics. The site also allows to create sub-sections on specific topics such as news, science, movies, etc. The network, which is very popular all over the world, is available in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. (Reddit) is famous for hosting celebrities from the arts, politics, and business to answer user questions directly, and it has previously hosted such prominent personalities as former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and former US President Barack Obama.