HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware?

Of the 3 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 3 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware biased?

HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which outlets covered HBO Max Reddit account hijacked to push malware?

13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What happened when hackers compromised the HBO Max Reddit account?

Hackers gained control of the official HBO Max Reddit account and used it to post 108 malicious advertisements over approximately 48 hours. These ads were designed to trick users into infecting their computers with information-stealing malware using a technique called ClickFix.

How does the ClickFix attack work?

ClickFix attacks use social engineering to trick users into copying and pasting commands into their operating system's terminal or command prompt. This action installs malware, often information-stealing types, and can bypass some security software because the user initiates the command execution.

Which devices were targeted by the malware?

The malicious advertisements distributed via the compromised HBO Max Reddit account targeted both Windows and macOS devices. The malware installed was designed to steal information from these systems.