The company denies it but users are already receiving spam email

Nov 4, 2011 08:43 GMT  ·  By

Taste.com.au

, a site belonging to News Limited publication is suspected of suffering a data breach after their subscribers began receiving emails in which they were advised to change their passwords.

According to SC Magazine, even though the company denies it, such procedures are customary after a hacking operation has been detected.

It is believed that a mailing list was stolen from an old version of the subscriber database as a result of an attack. Some users already began receiving suspicions messages which is a clear indication that something happened.

Hopefully no one will fall victim to cybercriminals but if you know to be a subscriber of taste.com.au, be sure to change all your passwords that match the one utilized on the site.