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OpenWRT, an open-source project that develops operating systems, firmware and other software for connected and embedded devices, is investigating a data breach after a hacker gained access to an administrator account over the weekend, according to posts on the project s message boards.
In a post, the OpenWRT administrators note the exact cause of the breach, which was discovered Saturday, is still being investigated. It is not known how the account was accessed: The account had a good password but did not have two-factor authentication enabled, according to the message board post.
The initial investigation showed that the hacker was able to download a community user list that contained email addresses, user handles and some statistical information about the community s users, according to the post.