http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/application-security/228800288/hack-of-gawker-media-sites-puts-1-3-million-passwords-at-risk.html By Tim Wilson Darkreading Dec 13, 2010 Individuals claiming to be part of the hacker group Gnosis are contacting the press to explain their attacks on the popular Gawker Media sites during the past 24 hours. According to a report in the publication Mediaite, a member of Gnosis says his group's attacks have nothing to do with the group Anonymous, which has been launching DDoS attacks on major websites in protest over the treatment of WikiLeaks. The writer says Gnosis has retrieved some 274,000 passwords of the nearly 1.3 million that reside in Gawker's extensive database. The group published an article on Gawker that contains a link to the compromised code, and it has reportedly sent samples of unhashed user data to some media. But the attack has nothing to do with WikiLeaks, according to the writer. It was initiated primarily because of the "arrogance" displayed by Gawker administrators who were talking about WikiLeaks and suggested hackers should "bring it on." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Dec 13 2010 - 22:02:59 PST
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