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Top email hosting provider Cock.li hacked - over a million user records stolen
- Email hosting provider Cock.li, known for its popularity among hackers, has been hacked, compromising sensitive data of over a million users.
- A threat actor is selling two Cock.li databases on the dark web, containing email addresses, login details, contact information, and user preferences.
- Cock.li confirmed the authenticity of the leaked data and urged users to change their passwords.
- The hacker exploited a vulnerability in Cock.li's Roundcube webmail platform, affecting users who logged in since 2016.
- Sensitive information of approximately 1,023,800 users and 10,400 contact entries were compromised in the breach.
- The stolen data includes email addresses, login timestamps, preferences, names, emails, vcards, and comments.
- Passwords, emails, IP addresses, and data of non-webmail users were reportedly not compromised in the breach.
- Cock.li, a German email provider focusing on privacy, decided to abandon Roundcube due to an exploited remote code execution flaw.
- After the breach, Cock.li experienced disruptions and the databases were put up for sale on the dark web for one bitcoin.
- Cock.li admin team advised users to update their passwords as a precautionary measure.
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