February 11, 2020

Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hijacked

In full glare of the world, Facebook admins have found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company’s Twitter accounts.

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January 29, 2020

15 NFL teams’ Twitter hijacked in lead-up to the Super Bowl

"We are here to show people that everything is hackable," says hacking group OurMine, back to spread its unwelcome spiel on hacked accounts.

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September 17, 2017

Vevo hacked, 3.12 TB of data leaked

The hacking group OurMine says it leaked the data after being told "f*ck off, you don't have anything"

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September 04, 2017

News in brief: Pratchett’s data steamrollered; WikiLeaks hit by hackers; Instagram details for sale

Your daily round-up of some the other stories in the news

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December 22, 2016

Pow! Captain America and other Marvel heroes defeated by bad passwords

Our favorite Marvel heroes were no match for Twitter troublemakers OurMine

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October 06, 2016

BuzzFeed latest high-profile victim of OurMine hackers

It appears that the hacking group didn't appreciate being described as 'brainchild of a soccer-obsessed high school student'

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August 23, 2016

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales’ Twitter account hijacked

First Mark Zuckerberg, and now the hacking outfit, OurMine, have hijacked another high-profile Twitter account.

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