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After Mark Zuckerberg, now Sundar Pichai's Quora account hacked

After Mark Zuckerberg, now Sundar Pichai's Quora account hacked

OurMine is attempting to rebrand itself as a 'security firm' and said they are trying to support these people so these incidents don't occur again.

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  • New Delhi,
  • Updated Jun 28, 2016 11:30 AM IST
After Mark Zuckerberg, now Sundar Pichai's Quora account hackedGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai (Photo: Reuters)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora account appears to have been hacked by a group called OurMine. This is not the first time OurMine have targeted a high-profile executive. They previously broke into Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts earlier this month.

Hackers team has been posting messages on Quora through Pichai's account. His Quora account is connected with his Twitter account.

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OurMine is attempting to rebrand itself as a 'security firm' and said they are trying to support these people so these incidents don't occur again.

According to the reports by The Next Web, OurMine was only conducting a test.

"We are just testing security people (sic), we never change their passwords, we did it because there is other hackers can hack them and change everything," told OurMine to The Next Web.

The group also noted that it managed to break into Pichai's account by exploiting a vulnerability in Quora's platform - one that it claims to have reported to the company. However, the company hasn't yet responded.

So, if you're on Quora, you must change your password right now to avoid security violations.

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Published on: Jun 27, 2016 12:21 PM IST
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