Tech news site TechCrunch was hacked earlier Tuesday, reports Sophie Kleeman of Gizmodo.
Kleeman writes, “OurMine has taken credit for a number of hacks in recent weeks—besides the aforementioned tech giants, it’s also apparently gone after celebrities and Pokémon Go.
“TechCrunch doesn’t appear to have publicly addressed the hack, but Engadget, who’s also owned by TechCrunch’s parent company AOL, had this to say:
Because of the limited nature of the “hack,” TechCrunch was able to quickly roll back the changes OurMine made to its site. The erroneous post was deleted within minutes, and the banners and other accoutrements added to its homepage were removed soon after. While TechCrunch says it’s still looking into exactly what happened, it seems the situation is under control for now.
“We’ve reached out to editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino and Devin Coldewey, and we’ll update if we hear back.”
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