TRUE CALLER HACKED BY SEA !!

About

As we all know that true caller is an application and a web service developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, both for smart phone and featured mobiles.It is a global biggest phone directory.It searches for the caller id by giving name or mobile number and has a integrated caller-id function provided by Crowdsourcing to block or archive calls.

website- http://www.truecaller.com

TrueCaller - Application

Release

True caller application is available for Blackberry, iOs, Window phone, Android and Symbian.

It was first launched on 1-July-2009 for Symbian and Windows Mobile, and after that it was released 23-September-2009, and soon become d a popular app having over 10 million users till 22-January-2013.

About The Hack !

TrueCaller Hacked by SEA

Recently on 17-July-2013, True caller was hacked by Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). SEA is a group of Hackers from Syria. They claimed on there twitter Handle that they have got around 560 GB's of TrueCaller's database.SEA also explained that the Hack was possible due to the older version of WordPress used by Server of TrueCaller, And on the very next day TrueCaller issued a statement on there blog claiming that there server were indeed Hacked and they were able to shutdown this, they also claimed that the Hack not recovered any credit card details or any passwords information.
The hackers claim to have data of over a million users with their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Gmail accounts. The extent of data theft is unknown at the moment.
After the Hack SEA :
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"Sorry @Truecaller, we needed your database, thank you for it :) http://truecaller.com  #SEA #SyrianElectronicArmy 

------------------------------------what true caller says about hack--------------------------------

 "Truecaller experienced a cyberattack on our website that resulted in an unauthorized access to some data. We were able to shut it down moments after we discovered it. Our investigation into the matter indicates the attackers were able to access 'tokens', which was immediately reset. Metaphorically speaking, a 'token' is a unique lock for each user, but what the attackers did not acquire is the needed key, which has also been reset.

Truecaller does not store passwords, credit card information, or any other sensitive information about our users. It is false information that attackers were able to access our user's Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media passwords.

We are still investigating the extent of unauthorized access of our database. We have outlined steps to help us deal with the situation. These steps include more complex security measures and various other tools we want to keep within the company.

We feel it is crucial to publicize the attack because it is important that we keep true to the honesty and integrity of the Truecaller brand.

We want to thank our users for their patience, as we are still investigating and acquiring information."
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