Submission + - Possible ZiffDavis.com Security Breach (raides.org)
raides writes: "Last night around 4 am EST a local forum website, www.4chan.org , had a post made on their forums by a user claiming that Foxnews.com was hacked. It seemed the htaccess files were removed from the site's root folders, and both root images and admin folders were open to the public.
For the next couple of hours multiple users posted secure information about employees for Foxnews.com , including cell phone numbers, resumes, private emails, etc. Later it was found that ziffdavis.com was the crux of the hack, and clients like foxnews.com were the ones who suffered the most. Once ftp information was posted on the forum's thread, ziffdavis.com's ftp was flooded with joke ftp directory creation and files. Another company, Acxiom, also suffered the loss of important company data. Including internal emails, resumes, and email addresses.
At about 7 am EST , the thread on www.4chan.org was deleted and a few hours later access files were replaced back on foxnews.com. No report was made on their website and no report was made publicly. Many employees had their personal information compromised and can make a legal suit against their employer. I make this post to see what comments would be made about any actions that could be taken by employees, as well as share an interesting event on the internet to its community."
For the next couple of hours multiple users posted secure information about employees for Foxnews.com , including cell phone numbers, resumes, private emails, etc. Later it was found that ziffdavis.com was the crux of the hack, and clients like foxnews.com were the ones who suffered the most. Once ftp information was posted on the forum's thread, ziffdavis.com's ftp was flooded with joke ftp directory creation and files. Another company, Acxiom, also suffered the loss of important company data. Including internal emails, resumes, and email addresses.
At about 7 am EST , the thread on www.4chan.org was deleted and a few hours later access files were replaced back on foxnews.com. No report was made on their website and no report was made publicly. Many employees had their personal information compromised and can make a legal suit against their employer. I make this post to see what comments would be made about any actions that could be taken by employees, as well as share an interesting event on the internet to its community."
