An investigation has revealed that hackers stole
millions of social security numbers by cracking
open the networks of large US data brokers.
The ID details of US First Lady Michelle Obama and
many other famous people were exposed by the hack
attack.
Journalist Brian Krebs tracked the information back to
hackers who ran an online market for confidential
data.
He found they got their data by compromising
computers sitting on the data brokers’ corporate
networks.
In March, Krebs, as well as the FBI and US Secret
Service, started looking into how the exposed.su
website was getting hold of social security numbers
and other details of many famous Americans.
The mysterious website, which has now been closed
down, published confidential information about Bill
Gates, Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher and
many others.
Source: BBC News
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