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Reddit Hacked, All User Data From 2007 & Earlier Accessed

• https://www.shacknews.com, by Charles Singletary

In a bit of frightening news, it has been revealed that Reddit was hacked and important user data was accessed. Because of this, the Reddit team is recommending that everyone move to two-factor authentication (2FA) just in case the hackers attempt to use their login credentials. 

On June 19, Reddit staff learned that an attacker compromised the accounts of employees between June 14 and 18 by using the cloud and source code hosting providers. Primary access points for code and infrastructure are behind 2FA but SMS-based authentication was not secure enough. The full breakdown can be read on the official Reddit post but here's what has been compromised:

Since June 19, we've been working with cloud and source code hosting providers to get the best possible understanding of what data the attacker accessed. We want you to know about two key areas of user data that was accessed:


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