Hacker group says it acquired databases of global phone directory Truecaller
It's been long time since we reported news updates on hacking attacks done by Syrian Electronic Army. Just now, Syrian Electronic Army has posted a tweet saying they have hacked into TrueCaller website(www.truecaller.com)
"Sorry @Truecaller, we needed your database, thank you for it :) http://truecaller.com #SEA #SyrianElectronicArmy" One of the Tweet reads. In another tweet, the group has provided the database host address,database name, username, and password in plain-text.
Speaking to E Hacking News, the hackers said they have hacked into the TrueCaller's server and downloaded more than 7 databases. The said the main database is 450GB. The downloaded database includes truecaller_ugc(459GB), truecaller (100GB),truecaller_profiles( 4GB), truecaller_api(123KB), truecaller_PushMe(2.2KB), tc_admin(7MB), tc_www:(70MB). - See more at: http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/07/truecaller-database-hacked-by-syria…
