TechCrunch gets hacked

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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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.