SevenCubed
msg:4540966 | 4:08 pm on Jan 31, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Doh! I just made a comment in another thread about trusting sites like theirs and not worrying about running Javascript on them.
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SevenCubed
msg:4541032 | 6:29 pm on Jan 31, 2013 (gmt 0) |
That link posted by engine didn't allow me access. It's behind a paywall. Here's an alternate for others who may not be able to get in either [foxbusiness.com...] Period
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henry0
msg:4541084 | 9:00 pm on Jan 31, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I get it delivered thus some account info are probably within reach.
Wondering if personal users details have been accessed?
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RhinoFish
msg:4541091 | 9:14 pm on Jan 31, 2013 (gmt 0) |
real world "hacking":
[shoemoney.com...]
most people use the same, easy password everywhere... snag it on place, and start...
we like to imagine we're secure and they're very smart, many times, we're stupid, and they're just smart enough to know that about us.
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Sgt_Kickaxe
msg:4541178 | 4:02 am on Feb 1, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Rhino, linking a two year old Shoemoney article that tells people how to hack?
I think the topic is more about how the NYTimes handled an attack than to teach people how to hack.
Anyway, my question is why are these people above the law? Surely we have good enough relations with China to help them get the mud off their name when it comes to being accused of hacking scandals? A little justice and punishment would go a long way and had the perpetrator lived in the U.S. they'd be in court or jail already.
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WesleyC
msg:4541442 | 3:06 pm on Feb 1, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I work in a university, and I've actually been monitoring an extreme and increasing number of hacking attempts against our public-facing site recently--on the order of 150 malicious requests per day, and this directed at a fairly small university. Many attempts were very sophisticated and targeted at known vulnerabilities in our specific CMS, and even specific components and plugins within our CMS.
If we hadn't beefed up our security lately, our server would have been compromised as well. As it stands, we've been monitoring and blacklisting IP addresses at the rate of about 10 per day, mostly from China, though there's been a frightening number of attempts from other universities and US-based hosting companies as well.
Hopefully The Times' revelation will slow down the frantic attempts to compromise our server as well... Could just be wishful thinking on my part, though.
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RhinoFish
msg:4541503 | 5:33 pm on Feb 1, 2013 (gmt 0) |
the point of my post is that i'd bet a ton that people working at the NYT made it VERY easy for the bad guys to access their network.
and the point of making that point, use the same password everywhere, like most people, and you (almost) deserve to be "hacked".
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RhinoFish
msg:4541505 | 5:36 pm on Feb 1, 2013 (gmt 0) |
and the article doesn't teach people to hack, it reminds everyone that you're not actually hacked most often.
instead, you're lazy with passwords and security, you broadcast your data everywhere for anyone to see - they don't need to "hack" you, you're giving out your info.
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moTi
msg:4541778 | 3:35 pm on Feb 2, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| that the team at NYT were monitoring the activity.. |
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strongly doubt that. yeah, everything under control - says who? the nyt.
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bhonda
msg:4542198 | 8:49 am on Feb 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Wouldn't it be great if the article itself was written and uploaded by the Chinese hackers themselves.
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blend27
msg:4542406 | 1:23 am on Feb 5, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| that the team at NYT were monitoring the activity.. |
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strongly doubt that. yeah, everything under control - says who? the nyt. |
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I know some very smart/sharp people that work in IT at NYT, and would not doubt that statement.
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Alexander8100
msg:4543895 | 6:38 pm on Feb 8, 2013 (gmt 0) |
No doubt it is incredibly hard to confirm who is behind an internet attack like this.Even if China is identified as the kick off point of an attack,it doesn't actually confirm that it the function is supported by the China govt or intellect services.
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