[caption id="attachment_875" align="aligncenter" width="640"] mozilla firefox logo[/caption] In a blog post written on Mozilla's developer blog more than 76,000 email accounts and 3600 encrypted password hashes were left publically visible. The data was breached on the publically visible servers.

Mozilla Firefox Developers Data left publically visible

The data breach issue became visible from the last 10 days when a web developer discovered it. A data sanitization process was led by Mozilla developer network (MDN) in which database was being used. The MDN database contained more than 76,000 email accounts and 3600 encrypted passwords. The passwords were stored in the dump file which was left publically visible. As soon as the developers got to know the issue, they removed the file. [caption id="attachment_876" align="aligncenter" width="670"] mozilla Firefox developers account data breached[/caption] As security and privacy is the prior preference of the Mozilla Firefox developers, the developers immediately sent mail to all those who suffered regarding the issue along with the encrypted passwords.

Is Mozilla Firefox hacked?

The Mozilla Firefox developers have not seen any malicious activity over the past 30 days. Still rumors are there that an unknown hacker has stolen the database. The Firefox Developer director Stormy Peters has said that this is not a big thing. Since the passwords are in the form of hashes and encrypted, the hacker cannot extract the passwords. The attacker would not be able to authenticate the encrypted passwords. Mozilla Firefox developers have apologized for the data breach.

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