The data leak seems legitimate, but there is no way to verify if the accounts are real

Mar 19, 2012 09:56 GMT  ·  By

A hacker called UR0B0R0X claims to have breached the official websites of Fox, Sony, Warner Bros, and 17 others, leaking some sensitive data from their servers.

The data leak includes names, email addresses, usernames and password hashes that are allegedly taken from Sony Pictures, RPM Productions, Addisonin Interactive, Vibe Creative, Summit Entertainment, Apple’s mac.com, Artificial Intelligence (ai.com), Brandon Yano, and Bunim Murrat.

The list of victims also includes Sycamore Solutions, Planetary Group, Madeby Union, CBS, Subway, Emixing, and Scarlet Terrier.

Since some of the companies, such as CBS, are known to have vulnerable websites, the data leak could be legitimate, but there is no clear evidence to indicate this.

We have checked some of the names and email addresses and many of them seem to genuinely belong to the individuals whose account details were leaked, but it could all be a clever forgery.