SpreadFirefox Site Hacked, Data Leaked

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The Mozilla Foundation marketing site SpreadFirefox.com, which is designed to promote adoption of Firefox, was hacked over the weekend, officials said in an e-mail sent to users on Friday.

Attackers exploited a security vulnerability and potentially accessed personal information of the sites registered users.

The breach was not discovered until July 12, and the Web site was subsequently taken offline.

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Mozilla Foundation officials believe the compromised server was only used to send spam, but opted to err on the side of caution and contact users.

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“It doesnt look like the attacker accessed any personal data on the site, but to be safe, were encouraging all of our users to log in and change their passwords,” read a notice posted by Mozilla engineer Asa Dotzler.

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