Hackers create user booty on Avast forum

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The forum of Avast, a company that antivirus software develops, has been taken offline after strangers, the forum managed to crack. This is the user data captured. Possible, the company uses outdated forum software.

Avast reports that the attackers last weekend, usernames, aliases, email addresses and hashed passwords of loot. There would be no financial details have been stolen. Despite the fact that the passwords are encrypted, it is not impossible for hackers to decrypt. Avast recommends forum users, so passwords have to change if these other websites are used.

In total, the data of approximately 400,000 persons are captured. It is unclear how hackers the Avast forum have been able to crack. Possible going to be the outdated forum software. Avast has indicated to a ‘different platform’ to steps that safer, and faster. Only when this step is taken will the forum be re-opened. In addition, the antivirus software manufacturer that it was an isolated incident and the company offers its apologies.

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