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Spread Firefox!: Hacked Site Security Advisory and User Password Changes

Jul 15, 2005 •

Anthony Pell

1 min read

Topics Covered

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It appears as if a popular Firefox community site, Spread Firefox!, was hacked: It appears that a part of Spread Firefox was hacked in an attempt to use it to send out spam. It doesn't look like the attacker accessed any personal data on the site, but to be safe, we're encouraging all of our users to log in and change their passwords..

Doesn't look like a big deal but if you're a member of that site you may want to go change your password.

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