unconfirmed: Pakistani hacker claims HP systems attack

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

[To be clear, it is not confirmed if sensitive information was taken, or
  if the 9GB of material was public to begin with. - jericho]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217732/Pakistani_hacker_claims_HP_systems_attack

Pakistani hacker claims HP systems attack
HexCoder claims to have broken into HP FTP server and accessed 9GB of 
data; HP says its probing the claim
By Jaikumar Vijayan
June 17, 2011 12:53 PM ET

Hewlett-Packard Co. has become the latest organization to add its name to 
the rapidly growing list of high-profile hacking victims.

The Hacker News (THN), an online news site, this morning reported that 
Pakistani hacker HexCoder claims to have penetrated an HP FTP server and 
accessed about 9 GB of data.

A HP spokesman this afternoon said that the company is trying to verify 
the hacker's claims. He added that the data alleged to have been 
compromised is in the Japanese language. The company is working with its 
Japan operation to find out what might have happened.

"There's a high likelihood that this is stuff that is publicly available," 
the spokesman added.

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