Recently, a group of hackers from Russia announced on Twitter that they managed to break their systems CNET and obtain a database containing the data connections from over a million website users.
The data stolen from CNET's servers is said to include names, emails και κρυπτογραφημένους κωδικούς πρόσβασης. Η ομάδα χρησιμοποιώντας έναν λογαριασμό στο Twitter με το όνομα "w0rm," δήλωσε ότι ήταν πρόθυμοι να πουλήσουν τις πληροφορίες για ένα Bitcoin (περίπου 620 δολάρια).
The perpetrators said they were asking for such a small amount because they wanted to gain fame. We should mention that with the exploit that they used hit a Symphony PHP security hole. Symphony PHP allows web developers to develop more sophisticated websites.
A representative from CBS Interactive, to which he belongs CNET, admitted the servers were approaching invaders during the weekend and said the vulnerability had been detected and corrected.
W0rm did not mention technical details about the exploit, and it seems that the motive behind the attack was to raise awareness about security issues. In addition, a high-profile website is the best way to achieve this goal.
Although the passwords that are in the hands of hackers are encrypted, it would be good if you have an account on the popular journalistic website to change your password immediately.
It is worth mentioning that the same security awareness was behind the recent distributed denial-of-service attacks last week against multiple financial institutions in Norway.
