UserSec blamed Zoom's cybersecurity for its ability to breach the credentials.
A pro-Russian hacking group has claimed to have breached Zoom, displaying images of credentials.
Named UserSec, it claims to have compromised two million user accounts, with a list of 95 user login credentials with passwords in plain text among the samples provided.
While any confirmation or denial of these claims has yet to be verified, one user poured doubt on the veracity of the breach, as Zoom has “a number of certifications that strictly mandate cryptographic measures of user credentials, incl. encrypting of passwords.”
Usersec said in a post that “there were no plans to create a leak work with this target”, due to an error by Zoom’s cybersecurity management “we were able to extract data from there.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
