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UK: Hackers force mass website closures (Fasthosts)
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:15:11 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3007298.ece By Simon de Bruxelles The Times December 6, 2007 Hundreds of websites have been shut down temporarily by one of the largest web hosting companies in Britain after the personal details of customers were stolen by computer hackers. The hackers managed to access the master database of Fasthosts for information, including addresses, bank details, e-mails and passwords. The action is expected to lose vital business for hundreds of small companies in the run-up to Christmas. Fasthosts claimed that it had no option other than to perform an emergency shutdown after it discovered that the hackers had tried to use information gleaned from its servers. New passwords had to be sent out by post rather than e-mail to avoid the information being compromised again. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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