[ISN] Vupen Security denies it's been hacked

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 02:54:43 -0500 (CDT)
https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227875/Vupen_Security_denies_it_s_been_hacked

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
June 7, 2012

The CEO of French vulnerability research firm Vupen Security today 
dismissed reports suggesting hackers had broken into the company's 
systems and stolen information on as many as 130 zero-day 
vulnerabilities.

In response to a Computerworld query, Vupen CEO and chief hacker Chaouki 
Bekrar said the reports of the compromise are incorrect. "Nothing 
happened at all. We're safe," he said.

Bekrar's comments echoed atweethe sent out late Wednesday night in which 
he called the rumors "totally false and pure troll."

It's unclear how speculation of the breach started. Many reports pointed 
to a brief post by security blogger Kevin Townsend that talked about 
Vupen being hacked and data on the zero-day flaws leaked. The report was 
picked up by other blogs and tweeted widely on Twitter.

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