In this pilot episode of Greatest Moments in Hacking History, hacker Samy Kamkar talks about the time he created a worm in 2005 and accidentally took down Myspace.

Jul 17, 2017 · Hack Brief: A Myspace Security Flaw Let Anyone Take Over Any Account, No Biggie If you know someone's date of birth, you can crack their Myspace account.

Jul 1, 2016 · An anonymous hacker managed to obtain an enormous number of user credentials in June 2013 from fallen social networking giant MySpace — some 427 million passwords, …

Jun 1, 2016 · While any breach is a problem, the sheer volume of the Myspace hack makes it one of the most significant breaches ever.

May 31, 2016 · Myspace also confirmed that the hack is being attributed to the Russian cyberhacker who goes by the name “Peace.” This is the same person responsible for the …

May 31, 2016 · 360 million old Myspace accounts are vulnerable in one of the biggest hacks yet.

Jul 18, 2017 · A security vulnerability in Myspace allowed access to old accounts with just a name, account name, and date of birth

May 31, 2016 · If you joined Myspace prior to 2013 (that is, the years when people were actually still joining Myspace) your information may have been compromised. The site’s parent …

Myspace is also using automated tools to attempt to identify and block any suspicious activity that might occur on Myspace accounts. We have also reported the incident to law enforcement …

Aug 18, 2015 · “He embodies the hacker’s glee without being devious or malicious.” Kamkar’s videos, along with his MySpace-hacking past, have given him elite status within the hacker …

May 31, 2016 · In another haunting hack from the past, Time Inc. has confirmed the theft of 427 million passwords from MySpace, the aging social networking site the media company …

May 31, 2016 · Myspace might be a thing of the past, but if you tend to reuse passwords, you could be at risk.

Jul 17, 2017 · If you are one of the almost half a billion people who at some point used to be on Myspace, the hottest social network of the early 2000s, you should know that almost anyone …

May 31, 2016 · Time Inc., which recently acquired pioneering social network Myspace, has confirmed reports that the site was hacked. Like the Tumblr breach that we reported on …