Hacks Hit Embassy, Government E-mail Accounts Worldwide

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via PC World (Computer Sweden).

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Usernames and passwords for more than 100 e-mail accounts at embassies and
governments worldwide have been posted online. Using the information,
anyone can access the accounts that have been compromised.

Computer Sweden has verified the posted information and spoken to the
person who posted them. The posted information includes names of the
embassies and governments, addresses to e-mail servers, usernames and
passwords. Among the organizations on the list are the foreign ministry of
Iran, the Kazakh and Indian embassies in the U.S. and the Russian embassy
in Sweden.

Freelance security consultant Dan Egerstad posted the information. He spoke
openly about the leak when Computer Sweden contacted him.

"I did an experiment and came across the information by accident," he said.
Egerstad says he never used the information to log in to any of the
compromised accounts in order not to break any laws.

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More:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136630-c,onlinesecurity/article.html

- - ferg

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