Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-09-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: Comodo
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Account data belonging to more than half of all Comodo Forums users (170,000 users) has been stolen and is now traded online. The breach was possible by exploiting a vulnerability in the vBulletin software that powers the forum.