{"id":39456,"date":"2021-02-05T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/sitepoint-hacked-hashed-salted-passwords-pinched-from-web-dev-learning-site-via-github-tool-pwnage\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:05:07","slug":"sitepoint-hacked-hashed-salted-passwords-pinched-from-web-dev-learning-site-via-github-tool-pwnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/sitepoint-hacked-hashed-salted-passwords-pinched-from-web-dev-learning-site-via-github-tool-pwnage\/","title":{"rendered":"SitePoint hacked: Hashed, salted passwords pinched from web dev learning site via GitHub tool pwnage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SitePoint, an Australian learn-to-code publishing website, has been compromised while promoting the book <i>Hacking for Dummies<\/i> on its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sitepoint.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Reg<\/i> reader Andy told us: &#8220;Got an email from SitePoint this morning saying that they had been hacked and some non-important (to them) stuff like names, email addresses, hashed passwords etc might have been stolen. Coincided with a big increase in spam that I&#8217;ve been getting but that&#8217;s probably coincidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YB4LJFs0CZdsN-NYL4b87AAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YB4LJFs0CZdsN-NYL4b87AAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>An email sent to SitePoint users and seen by <i>The Register<\/i> confirmed the hack, though at the time of writing, the company has not published anything about it on its website or social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>It blamed an unnamed &#8220;third party tool we used to monitor our GitHub account, which was compromised by malicious parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YB4LJFs0CZdsN-NYL4b87AAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YB4LJFs0CZdsN-NYL4b87AAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The email sent to users said, in part:<\/p>\n<p>It went on to say that no credit card data had been accessed and that stored passwords were hashed and salted. Relevant API keys have also been rotated and passwords changed.<\/p>\n<p>Rather embarrassingly, the hack coincided with the prominent promotion on SitePoint&#8217;s homepage of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sitepoint.com\/premium\/books\/hacking-for-dummies\/read\/1?from=homepage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one very relevant book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, irritated SitePoint users got <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sitepoint.com\/community\/t\/has-sitepoint-been-hacked\/363732\/7\">on their forums<\/a> to start complaining about the hack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m using a unique email address for Sitepoint and today I received a SPAM mail on this unique address,&#8221; posted one, a message echoed over on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.3474576271186\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The value proposition of sub-addressing in practice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VY5Hoe8YjO\">https:\/\/t.co\/VY5Hoe8YjO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/troyhunt\/status\/1357464044391649280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.theregister.com\/?q=SitePoint\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SitePoint<\/a> has been around almost as long as <i>El Reg<\/i>, having been founded in the late &#8217;90s and evolving into a paid resource for people wanting to learn the basics of web development. The firm is based in Melbourne, Australia, which was in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the time of publication. Nonetheless, we have asked the firm for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Given its longevity, it seems likely that many <i>Reg<\/i> readers might have accounts there \u2013 inactive or not. 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