Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest account hacked

OurMine has also compromised Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's social media accounts

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a pair of the touch controllers for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets on stage during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco, California. Photo: Reuters
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Last Updated : Nov 16 2016 | 2:35 PM IST
The infamous hacking group OurMine has struck again. Their latest target was again Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose Pinterest handle was hacked recently, a media report said.

After hacking the accounts of many bigwigs in recent months, OurMine targeted Zuckerberg's Pinterest account once again on Tuesday, which was defaced with a new tagline and the group's web address.

According to technology website CNET, the hacking group informed the organisation about their latest adventure. Earlier OurMine had hacked Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts.

Zuckerberg's Pinterest bio temporarily said, "Don't worry, we are just testing your security."

The defacement was removed shortly. OurMine said it has an "exploit on Pinterest" but it gave no details.

The group had also claimed responsibility for hacking Pokemon Go servers in July, Twitter account of John Hanke, the CEO of US-based software company Niantic that created the popular GPS-based augmented reality game with Japanese company Nintendo.

OurMine has also compromised Twitter chief executive officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey's and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's social media accounts.

The group had hacked the Twitter account of Evan Williams, the microblogging site's co-founder and former CEO.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Nov 16 2016 | 1:50 PM IST

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