Wappalyzer discloses security breach after hacker starts emailing users

guest · Apr 15, 2020

Wappalyzer discloses security breach after hacker starts emailing users
April 15, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/wappa...ty-breach-after-hacker-starts-emailing-users/

Tech company Wappalyzer has disclosed a security incident this week after a hacker began emailing its customers and offering to sell Wappalyzer's database for $2,000.

"If you receive this e-mail it's because we get the full database of Wappalyzer, and your e-mail is on the database," the hacker, going by the name of CyberMath, wrote in an email sent to Wappalyzer customers this week.
"I'm selling the full .sql for 2000$ in Bitcoin," the hacker added, while also sharing screenshots of the stolen database files.

Wappalyzer did not dispute the fact that it suffered a security breach. As soon as the hacker began email customers, the company sent out an email of its own.
However, while the company admitted there was a hack, it downplayed the severity of the security breach.
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In an email interview today, Wappalyzer founder Elbert Alias told ZDNet that the stolen database mostly contained "technographic data."
"Our new website went live two weeks ago and no longer uses the legacy database that was breached," Alias said.
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