OurMine Targets Marvel And Netflix Twitter Accounts, Mocks Security

Christmas is almost here and as a gift to the world, notorious hacker group OurMine decided to target popular Marvel Twitter accounts, as well as one account from the giant video streaming service, Netflix. This is the same group of hackers that targeted major CEOs of tech companies as well as celebrities in order to prove a point and market their services.

Among the Marvel franchise accounts that were hacked include “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Captain America,” “Doctor Strange,” and the main “The Avengers” account, Washington Post reports. OurMine also left the same message on all of the posts, which essentially boils down to a morally questionable marketing scheme.

“Hey, it's OurMine, Don't worry we are just testing your security,” the message on all of the hacked Marvel accounts read.

The group even left their contact information, which is clearly meant to entice prospective customers to get in contact with them in the hopes of enlisting their services. This is the same tactic that the group used when it hacked the social media accounts of CEOs of tech companies as well as that of Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg.

As for the Netflix account that was hacked, Fortune reports that OurMine wasn’t as civil about its hacking practice as it was with the Marvel attack. Although the post was taken down 10 minutes after it was left by the group, it read "World security is shit. We are here to prove this :).”

Based on their most recent behavior, it’s clear that OurMine is not intimidated by the prospect of going after big companies. In fact, its attacks only seem to be escalating. There are no clear figures to determine if this marketing strategy if it can be called that, is even working. Even with its activities clearly reminiscent of criminal conduct, however, OurMine still insists that it is an elite cyber security company.