[ISN] IBM DeveloperWorks site hacked and defaced

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:54:35 -0600 (CST)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9204300/IBM_DeveloperWorks_site_hacked_and_defaced

By Joab Jackson
IDG News Service
January 10, 2011 

An IBM site for developers was defaced over the weekend, with attackers 
replacing some of the Web pages on the site with ones containing their 
own messages, IBM confirmed Monday.

Word of the vandalism, which took place on the IBM DeveloperWorks site, 
was first posted late Saturday on the Full Disclosure security mailing 
list.

IBM restored the original pages within a few hours, though copies of the 
compromised pages were quickly reposted elsewhere.

No data was lost, nor were any user passwords exposed during the breach, 
said an IBM spokesman. The site was undergoing routine maintenance 
during the time of the breach.

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