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Pokémon Go Hacked by OurMine

The phenomenal success of Pokémon Go is also attracting cybercriminals. Pokémon Go experienced severe server issues on July 16; however, the company didn't mention an attack.

According to PC Magazine , the OurMine hacker group was behind the server issue. Members of OurMine said via email that they were just trying to protect the company's servers. "We wrote we will stop the attack if any [Niantic] staff talked with us, because we will teach them how to protect their servers," a member of OurMine told PC Magazine .

Another group called PoodleCorp is claiming a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Pokémon Go servers. They announced another planned attack for August 1, which didn't appear to happen.

The popularity of the game has raised concerns around privacy and security. Senator Al Franken (D) of Minnesota penned a letter to the game developers and expressed his concerns. He wrote, "I am concerned about the extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users' personal information without their appropriate consent."

Popular blogger and Entrepreneur in Residence at Upload VR, Robert Scoble, also expressed his concerns on Facebook, "I haven't seen a single person worrying about the privacy implications of Pokémon Go. Yes, we have gone over the freaky line that Shel Israel and I laid out in our book Age of Context . Five years ago this game would have caused a huge privacy panic. This thing tracks our children. Think about that!"

Ubuntu Forums Breached Again

Canonical reported on July 14 that Ubuntu forums were breached. Attackers were able to steal usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses of more than two million users.

This is the second time Ubuntu forums

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