Hackers Use 'Fast Company' Account to Send Profane Apple News Notifications to iPhones

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Hackers gained access to business publication Fast Company’s Apple News feed and sent obscene push notifications to iOS devices including iPhones and iPads.

We are investigating the situation and have suspended the feed & shutdownTo clarify: Fast Company’s content management system was hacked on Tuesday evening, which impacted our Apple News alerts.Many people that received the profane push notification quickly posted to Twitter about the issue. The Verge also reported that there was a post on thewebsite that detailed how the hackers were able to bypass the website’s security protocol.

The hacker further linked a forum post where they stated that they would release thousands of employee records and draft posts from thedatabase. They also confirmed that customer information was stored in a different database which they were unable to access.owners decided to take down the entire website and it was shut down completely. As of 12:30 p.m. EST the site remains offline.

 

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who reds the news feed apple puts out because i certainly dont.

Fast Company not that reliable, this type of events shouldn’t be happening and it must not be repeated. A customer opinion.

Never read their news feed.

And as always Nobody is caught and nobody is arrested. These are acts of terrorism and nobody does anything. Its probably antifa. They tought their digital terrorism

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