The kind of attack which befell Reddit staff is becoming more common and complex, an expert has warned. Phishing attacks 'becoming increasingly sophisticated' "This is a good time to remind you how to protect your Reddit account," it said.Įffective measures include setting up two-factor authentication, which adds an extra layer of security, and updating your password every few months. While users have not been impacted, Reddit has urged people to boost their own account security. Those affected reported the incident and the attacker's access was cut off, it added. Reddit confirmed the attack also exposed "limited contact information" of some current and former workers, plus "limited advertiser information". Targeted employees were sent "plausible-sounding prompts" pointing them towards a website that cloned the company's internal gateway, which staff use to log in, before attempting to steal their credentials. Reddit said its staff had fallen victim to a "sophisticated" campaign of phishing, whereby people are tricked into handing over personal information by bad actors posing as credible figures or businesses. But there is "no evidence" to suggest that user passwords or other information had been compromised.
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