As if a website breach wasn't annoying enough.

It's already irritating when a group of self-proclaimed hackers (really, account takeover pranksters) hijack a website... it's another when they flood your inbox. The OurMine collective managed to not only compromise Variety's website through a post of their own on September 3rd, but blast the entertainment site's email subscribers with messages steering them to a post bragging about the intrusion. As usual, the group doesn't really explain its motivations. It claims it's "just testing [Variety's] security," but that's not exactly believable.

Variety has removed the post in question and, as I write this, is fixing the email assault. However, this is only going to increase the pressure to shut down OurMine. You can safely ignore a defaced website or out-of-character Twitter updates, but email is decidedly more intrusive.

Source:
courtesy of ENGADGET

by Jon Fingas , @jonfingas

If you have any stories or news that you would like to share with the global online community, please feel free to share it with us by contacting us directly at [email protected]