Russian hacker gets in CNET servers

Thomas Brewster of Forbes.com reports that a Russian hacker was able to infiltrate the servers of tech news site CNET this weekend.

Brewster writes, “CNET isn’t saying much at the minute about the nature of the attack or the data that may or may not have been stolen. ‘Here’s the situation, a few servers were accessed.  We identified the issue and resolved it yesterday.  We will continue to monitor,’ said Jen Boscacci, senior manager of corporate communications at CNET, on Sunday.

“The image posted on Twitter would indicate the hacker could access and upload files to the website. It’s pretty difficult to say how they did it, though. One source suggested it was likely a content management system breach – something like a WordPress or Joomla exploit.

“With hope, no user data such as usernames or passwords were compromised, but CNET wouldn’t provide any more detail than that above.

“A look over the aforementioned Twitter account, however, provided some information on the history of the hacker, who is likely Russian looking at the screenshot. They appeared to have been involved in a breach of the BBC last year and have been running a website where members can show off their exploits, w0rm (dot) pw.”

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