CNET attacked by Russian hacker group

A Russian hacker group has attacked technology news website CNET and stolen usernames, encrypted passwords and emails for more than one million users. CNET said a representative from the group - which calls itself 'w0rm' - informed it about the hack via a Twitter conversation.

A spokeswoman for CBS Interactive - the owner of CNET - said the firm had "identified the issue and resolved it". According to CNET, w0rm offered to sell the database for 1 Bitcoin, or $622. But it added that the hacking group said the plan to sell the database was to gain attention and "nothing more".