TeamViewer responds to security 'irregularity' in IT network

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• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Teamviewer has a history of lying about serious security breaches. The company’s networks have been breached before and they literally spent years denying it and blaming it on their customers: securityweek.com/teamviewer-confirms-it-was-hacke…

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  • JWBananas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The spokesperson also clarified that the cyberattack was not in any way related to the 2016 incident that led many to believe the company’s systems had been breached. At the time, many users reported that their computers were accessed by hackers through TeamViewer, but the company blamed the incidents on password reuse.

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• MrGG@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Welp, time to expedite that switch to RustDesk, I guess!

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  • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seems interesting. I’m a bit concerned that they don’t see encrypting direct traffic as an issue though github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/wiki/FAQ#i-only-use-…

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    • breakingcups@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why? They offer it as a fallback solution you have to explicitly enable, I can imagine it’s not their focus given that the regular connection is encrypted.

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• Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m just here to appreciate the amazing stock photo, I’m picturing the photographer placing the tape over his desk feeling so cool about it.

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• devilish666@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Seems anydesk is doing better than TeamViewer

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