Verizon-owned prominent technology site TechCrunch has become the latest victim of the OurMine hacking group. It is unknown whether TechCrunch writer accounts required two-step verification for access to the site’s Wordpress backend. The TechCrunch attack appears to have leveraged a contributor’s account, rather than a hack on the site’s Wordpress system. OurMine Security appeared to gain publishing access to the site, which uses the popular content management system Wordpress, and posted its now infamous message. TechCrunch, which is owned by AOL, and in turn by Verizon, did not respond to request for comment.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2016 14:26 UTC