wowfon.com

Profile narrative

The organization is identified by the alias wowfon.com. wowfon.com is a domain name that uses the .com top-level domain. The organization's headquarters is situated in India. India is a country located in South Asia with a large and growing technology sector. On May 2, 2015, the organization suffered a security breach.

The breach was attributed to an individual known online as @smitt3nz, who also goes by the nickname Rubber. The attacker gained unauthorized access to the organization's systems. During the breach, the attacker extracted a database containing user account information. The compromised data included 5,392 distinct usernames. Alongside the usernames, the associated hashed passwords were also exposed.

Hashing is a cryptographic process that converts passwords into fixed-length strings to protect them in storage. Although hashed, these passwords remain susceptible to offline cracking attempts if the hash algorithm is weak. The incident is documented in the organization's known incidents overview. Data breaches involving credential exposure were a prevalent trend in the cybersecurity landscape during 2015. The .com domain suffix is commonly adopted by entities engaged in commercial or online activities.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.