Reddit says hackers accessed employee data following phishing attack
In response to a "highly-targeted" phishing attack, Reddit has verified that hackers gained access to corporate documents and source code.
Reddit's chief technology officer, Christopher Slowe, also known as KeyserSosa, wrote in a post that the firm learned of the "sophisticated" attack on Reddit staff on February 5. He claims that an as-yet-unidentified attacker issued "plausible-sounding prompts" that led workers to a website impersonating Reddit's intranet portal in an effort to obtain login information and two-factor authentication tokens.
Slowe compared the breach to the previous Riot Games hack, which saw attackers utilize social engineering techniques to acquire source code for the company's legacy anti-cheat system, but did not provide any particular instances read the comple...