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. [...] -- We're in a bit of a budget crunch, Help InfoSec News with a Donation http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Fri Jun 08 2012 - 00:54:43 PDT
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