After a major online uproar against TeamViewer blaming the users for being hacked, the company has now apologized for its 'choice of words,' While the latest password dumps may have helped hackers in getting access of more accounts, the reports of these hacks go back to a good few months and have only now escalated. They have taken advantage of common use of the same account information across multiple services to cause damage. We are appalled by the behaviour of cyber criminals and are disgusted by their actions towards TeamViewer users. Unfortunately, credentials stolen in these external breaches have been used to access TeamViewer accounts, as well as other services. TeamViewer hack affects a 'significant' number of usersīlaming the account breaches on the latest password dumps that have come from LinkedIn, MySpace and Tumblr resulting in over half a billion of leaked passwords, TeamViewer said that its users were being hacked thanks to their careless password practices.Īs you have probably heard, there have been unprecedented large scale data thefts on popular social media platforms and other web service providers. Wondering whether you have also been affected? Read on to find more details on how to confirm if your account is being accessed by hackers. Turns out the company which supplies remote desktop and control systems, has suffered from a breach (it still doesn't admit) that resulted in mass-hacking of user accounts.

TeamViewer, however, persisted that it wasn't attacked and that user accounts were being hacked due to their careless password practices. From PC hijacking to accounts being used for making purchases, there was a stream of user complaints. Last week, a number TeamViewer users complained online that their accounts were breached.

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