PureVPN hacked, compromising the personal data of its VPN clients

PureVPN hacked, compromising the personal data of its VPN clients -

9
Oct
2013

PureVPN, one of VPN providers, went through a serious hacking attack on October 4th of ^e . Cybercriminals violated PureVPN WHMCS content management system, where information of all clients are stored. This actually happened during the upgrade of the WHMCS system at a time with a certain vulnerability hole in the accounts of some clients who do not update in time. Consequently, the system of WHMCS to PureVPN was hacked and these breachers sent to all customers PureVPN a false letter of the founding members of PureVPN, announcing that their account has been suspended and that PureVPN had to give all their information to the authorities for investigation further ...

This letter was a fake, but in fact a lot of personal data has been compromised PureVPN customer name, address, phone numbers ... ie all the information required when signing a VPN offers have such been hacked. And customers were left for too many hours with many unanswered questions about this security breach: they still do not know what happened to their personal information, after saying, "Do not worry guys, it was only names and emails of our customers the attacker (s) could get! "

Some customers are now seriously question what happened exactly. Indeed, they are not sure that hackers will not happen again. Users are also questioning the measures taken regarding safety and respect privacy mechanisms, and many questions are on the increase. Many customers are looking for the unsubscribe button in the various inaccurate emails they received from PureVPN

It seems quite surprising that Internet security provider may not be able to protect the personal data of its customers and could be attacked by hackers. Indeed, this is not the first time third-party systems such as WHMCS is pirated, making her vulnerable clients.

The VPN is the best VPN, ensuring a completely safe WHMCS system that has never been compromised by hackers. The VPN technical team has updated its platform within 2 minutes after the release of the new version of WHMCS, allowing no security breach. Make sure all of your information private email accounts and are safe, choosing VPN today.

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