Hacker from Egypt exploits vulnerability in Yahoo!, leaks data

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.humanipo.com/blog/2925/Hacker-from-Egypt-exploits-vulnerability-in-Yahoo-leaks-data

December 17, 2012 · by Tefo Mohapi
Hacker from Egypt exploits vulnerability in Yahoo!, leaks data

Prolific Egyptian hacker Virus_Hima has exploited a vulnerability in 
Yahoo!'s servers and databases, leaking some of the data which was stolen 
on the Internet.

Virus_Hima, reported to be a well known penetration tester, says his 
intentions are ethical and that he is seeking to highlight vulnerabilities 
in big sites such as Adobe, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Apple, Facebook and 
many more.

According to Virus_Hima, neither Yahoo! nor Adobe responded to his alerts 
highlighting the vulnerabilities of the site.

In a statement, Virus_Hima said: "So I decided to teach both of them a 
hard lesson to harden them security procedures. It would make a disaster 
if such companies vulnerabilities was privately used in the underground 
and they never know about it! not only their customers been affected but 
the vendors themselves also suffer from such exploits. Adobe 
acrobat/flash, Yahoo data leak of that 400k emails, and that hotmail 
remote password reset vulnerabilities is an example.."

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