Truecaller Hacked?
We've been getting reports from the social media that the Syrian Electronic Army has hacked Truecaller - arguably the largest collaborative online phone directory. #-Link-Snipped-# reports that the hackers got access to about 7 databases viz: truecaller_ugc(459GB), truecaller (100GB),truecaller_profiles( 4GB), truecaller_api(123KB), truecaller_PushMe(2.2KB), tc_admin(7MB), tc_www😔70MB) - See more at: #-Link-Snipped-#. The main database is ~460 GB in size and that means the hackers have access to a really large number records. We'd however confirm from the officials.
The hackers seem to have obtained more than a million Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail accounts which will allow the hackers to post to the hacked accounts, reports eHackingnews. It's also being learned that the outdated WordPress version running on the site allowed the hackers to get access to the admin panel.
I'm tagging Alan Mamedi ( #-Link-Snipped-# ), CEO of Truecaller to tell us more about the hack and what really went wrong? We'd also be interested in knowing how's Truecaller addressing the issue at present.
