Mailchimp claims to be hacked again

January 19, 2023 By Raulf Hernes

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Mailchimp, the email marketing and newsletter company claim it was hacked and that a huge number of customers' data was exposed. It's the company's second hack in the last six months. This incident appears to be identical to a prior case. The company did not specify how long the intruder remained in its systems, if at all. One of the targeted accounts belongs to WooCommerce, an e-commerce giant that develops and maintains popular tools for small companies. Customers' domains and email addresses were compromised, but no passwords or other confidential data was obtained. Also Read: How to Recognize a Hacked Phone? Mailchimp stated that it was the target of an attack on social engineering that compromised the credentials of its customer service representatives. In that breach, 214 Mailchimp accounts were hacked, the majority of which were cryptocurrency and finance-related. Cloud computing behemoth DigitalOcean confirmed that its account had been compromised in the same breach. [caption id="attachment_82770" align="alignright" width="1600"]

mailchimp[/caption] The company stated at the time that it had incorporated "an additional layer of enhanced security measures," but refused to elaborate on those measures. Following the departure of Mailchimp's chief information security officer, it is still being determined who, if anyone, is in charge of cybersecurity. When contacted via email, Intuit spokesperson Derrick Plummer refused to answer TechCrunch's questions or reveal who was currently in charge of security at Mailchimp.

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Mailchimp claims to be hacked again

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