Mass security breaches of TeamViewer users in the last 24 hours
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0.000 HBDMass security breaches of TeamViewer users in the last 24 hours
 If you run TeamViewer you might want to stop until this situation is worked out. Many TeamViewer users are finding themselves victims of intrusion by hackers, some are being defrauded out of money because their computer is logged into PayPal, Amazon, eBay, or their bank accounts. Many Redditors on are reporting getting hacked in /r/teamviewer ### https://www.reddit.com/r/teamviewer ### [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/teamviewer_mass_breach_report/](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/teamviewer_mass_breach_report/) >TeamViewer users say their computers were hijacked and bank accounts emptied all while the software company's systems mysteriously fell offline. TeamViewer denies it has been hacked. > >In the past 24 hours, we've seen a spike in complaints from people who say their PCs, Macs and servers were taken over via the widely used remote-control tool on their machines. Even users with strong passwords and two-factor authentication enabled on their TeamViewer accounts say they were hit. > >It appears miscreants gained control of victims' TeamViewer web accounts, and used those to connect into computers, where they seized web browsers to empty PayPal accounts, access webmail, and order stuff from Amazon and eBay.