Hackers used earlier data breach to login to 20 million Taobao accounts, faking orders and selling customer data to fraudsters

Briefing

February 5, 2016

Briefing	Earlier Data Breach – Hackers obtained username and password information of 99 million accounts from different Chinese websites Unauthorized Logins – Data obtained was used to login to 20 million Taobao accounts using Alibaba’s cloud computing service from mid-October 2015 Reported to Authorities – Incident was reported to authorities in November 2015 when it was first discovered by Taobao Illegal Activity – Hackers faked orders on Taobao, used to raise seller profiles illegally, and sold accounts for use in fraud
Accelerator	Cybersecurity
Sector	Information Technology, Wholesale and Retail Trade
Organization	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Zhejiang Taobao Network Co. Ltd.
Source	"Hackers attack 20 mln accounts on Alibaba's Taobao shopping site," Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/; "Hack attempt on Taobao accessed 20m accounts," Trend Micro, https://www.trendmicro.com/; Murdock, J., "Taobao hack: Cyber-attack on 'Chinese eBay' leaves 20 million-plus user accounts exposed", International Business Times, http://www.ibtimes.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	February 4, 2016

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