Line admits over 4,200 accounts were hacked in February

mood · Feb 29, 2020

Line admits over 4,200 accounts were hacked in February
February 29, 2020
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/line-admits-over-4-200-accounts-were-hacked-in-february

A total of 4,225 registered accounts on messaging app Line have been hacked during February, with some used for phishing scams, according to the operator.

Line Corp said 4,073 accounts in Japan, 81 in Taiwan, two in Thailand and 69 in other parts of the world have been accessed illegally. since Feb 13, when The breach was discovered on Feb 13.
Some accounts were used to send messages to direct account owners' contacts to a fake website illegally requesting their login information, Line said.

Line asked users not to access suspicious-looking websites even if they were shown in messages from friends' accounts, and not to respond to requests for identification and passwords.
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mood · Jul 28, 2021

Mass hacking of Taiwan politicians' LINE accounts sparks national security concerns
Confidential messages sent by high-level officials feared leaked in LINE app breach
July 28, 2021
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4259770

The LINE accounts of over 100 Taiwanese political figures have been hacked, potentially posing national security risks.

The Liberty Times revealed Wednesday (July 28) that government officials and public figures across the political spectrum have been hacking victims on the widely used messaging app. They include high-level Cabinet officials, military personnel, and city leaders.
The breach was detected last week by LINE Taiwan, which discovered that some users’ private messages had been accessed. The app’s default end-to-end encryption feature, or “Letter Sealing,” on victims' devices was found to have been turned off without their knowledge.
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The fact that the targeted individuals do not appear to have been selected at random has sparked fears of an organized attack, according to the report.
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Line admits over 4,200 accounts were hacked in February

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