I think you are aware of the name Sundar Pichai, Google CEO. You will become surprise to know that his account has been hacked recently by the hacking group OurMine.
OurMine hacking team had also targeted Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook) accounts earlier this month. And Another week and another high-profile hack - and this time, the victim is Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Alongside, the OurMine hacking team was able to publicise the fake Quora posts by tweeting them out of Pichai's Twitter account, which was associated with the crowdsourced answer site. The team announced the hack on its site on Monday, and said the Google CEO's "security was really weak."
Both Pichai's Quora and Twitter accounts have since been cleaned up, with no evidence remaining of a breach - however, a screenshot of his defaced Twitter profile was shared by OurMine. In a statement to The Next Web, the team said it had gained access to Pichai's Quora account by a vulnerability on the platform. It said the vulnerability had been reported by Quora, but that the team had yet to get a response.
The OurMine hacking group is eager to depict itself as a security firm, and advertises services on its site that scan websites, social media accounts, and companies for security vulnerabilities. Apart from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this month, the team claims to have successfully hacked Twitter co-founder Evan Williams' Twitter account, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's Twitter account, apart from Randi Zuckerberg and Channing Tatum.
In the meanwhile, if you have an account on Quora, we'd advise you head over and change your password. Do ensure you don't use the same password for other accounts, and follow security best practices for your primary email account - including two-factor authentication. Zuckerberg's hack was reportedly due to his details being found in a leaked LinkedIn credential cache from the professional network's 2012 breach.
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