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Comment More than 24 hours after hackers posted partial email addresses and other sensitive details lifted from BitDefender's authorized Portuguese partner website, the security company is distancing itself from responsibility and declining to provide details about the extent of the security lapse.
The breach at BitDefender.pt/ allowed the hackers to siphon customer email addresses, administrator usernames and passwords, and other sensitive information out of the site's database by embedding simple database commands into its URL. The attack is strikingly similar to one that hit Kaspersky Lab's American support site over the weekend and was exposed by the same hacker. The hacker has offered screenshots and other details that suggest the breach is real.
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