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MSN Site Hacking Went Undetected for Days
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 16:52:55 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: June 4, 2005 2:00:00 PM EDT To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: MSN Site Hacking Went Undetected for Days MSN Site Hacking Went Undetected for Days - Jun 3, 2005 09:06 PM (AP Online) By TED BRIDIS AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Password-stealing software planted by hackers was active on Microsoft's popular MSN Web site in South Korea for days before the world's largest software company learned about the break-in and removed the computer code. Police investigators and Microsoft specialists are continuing to search for clues to the culprits behind this week's high-profile computer break-in. More details emerged Friday about the hacking, which targeted subscribers of an online game called "Lineage" that is popular in Asia. Microsoft Corp. said it had cleaned the Web site, www.msn.co.kr, and removed the software code that had been planted on its news page. It said another company that operates the MSN Korea site apparently failed to apply necessary software patches, leaving its server computers vulnerable. Security researchers at San Diego-based Websense Inc. discovered the break-in late Sunday during routine scans it makes against more than 250 million Web sites each week looking for sources of viruses and other infections. A previous inspection by Websense of the MSN Korea site the evening of May 27 did not detect the dangerous software. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=49637472 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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