"Hacker Breaches Fast Company Apple News Account, Sends Racist Messages"

A hacker recently breached Fast Company's Apple News account and sent obscene push notifications to users' home screens.  US business publication Fast Company confirmed the hack saying a threat actor breached the company's content management system (CMS) and used this access to send two "obscene and racist" push notifications to Apple News subscribers.  The company is currently investigating the situation and have shut down FastCompany.com until the situation has been resolved.  The company noted that the breach is related to the hack of its website on Sunday afternoon when similar language appeared on the site's homepage and other pages.  Before the website was taken offline, the hacker responsible for the breach, who identifies as 'Thrax,' reportedly posted an article on the site that detailed how they were able to infiltrate the publication.  The article claimed that Fast Company had a "ridiculously easy" default password used across several accounts, including an admin one.  The article then stated that they used the breached account to access authentication tokens and Apple News API keys, among others.

Infosecurity reports: "Hacker Breaches Fast Company Apple News Account, Sends Racist Messages"