Organisation

PR Newswire

organisation:pr_newswire

Financial newswire agency whose servers were compromised and used to stage unreleased press releases.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
incoming INVOLVES Newswire hacking and insider-trading scheme Explicit 123
incoming COMPROMISES PR Newswire breach Explicit 123

Claims

Newswire hacking and insider-trading scheme INVOLVES PR Newswire

The scheme involved hacking PR Newswire and accessing unreleased press releases.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 123 Details

“Then in July 2010, he added PR Newswire to his target list.”

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PR Newswire breach COMPROMISES PR Newswire

The PR Newswire breach gave the hackers access to its servers and unreleased press releases.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 123 Details

“During that examination, they found Ivan’s backdoor and they saw how he was stealing press releases.”