http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050913/660000000020050913214344E8.html 2005/09/13 SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Unidentified computer hackers have attacked a score of Web sites hosted by Daum Communications Corp., South Korea's second most-popular Internet portal, causing a barrage of spam e-mail to their members, a computer security company said Tuesday. Multiple spam e-mails were simultaneously sent to members of some 20 community service Web sites hosted by Daum after the attacks the previous day, Geot said. The number of computer users affected by the hacking incident is estimated at several millions, as most of the Web sites that were hacked claim hundreds of thousands of members each. Daum said its computer servers were not affected and the chances are the hackers secured lists of e-mail addresses by attacking the personal computers of the Web sites' administrators. However, Geot said it cannot rule out the possibility the hackers attacked the Internet portal's computer system directly as only the Web sites with the largest number of members were attacked. Police computer forensics experts are currently investigating the circumstances behind the mass dissemination of spam e-mails, the two companies said. _________________________________________ Attend ToorCon Sept 16-18th, 2005 Convention Center San Diego, California www.toorcon.org
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