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Hacking Adobe Server Is Easy; 150,000 User Data Compromised!
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“At this point of our investigation, it appears that the Connectusers.com forum site of Adobe was compromised by an unauthorized third party.”
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Friday, November 16, 2012:
Confidential information of nearly 150,000 users on Adobe server has been compromised. A hacker has breached through the security wall to copy private data including their names, email addresses and password hashes. Adobe has confirmed the attack.
The hacker named 'ViruS_HimA' from Egypt, had released extracts of his theft on anonymous Pastebin text hosting service, to prove the attack. The data lost from Adobe includes several e-mail addresses of the US military and US government circles.
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The intruder revealed that he had exploited an SQL injection hole to gain access to the server. He also claimed that there weren't any obstructions like Web Application Firewall (WAF) which could have prevented bad HTTP requests. He states that gaining access to the user data was a piece of cake and he has revealed this intrusion to help Adobe to know about their security flaws and enhance it further.
“Adobe is currently investigating reports of a compromise of a Connectusers.com forum database. These reports first started circulating late during the day on Tuesday, 13 November 2012. At this point of our investigation, it appears that the Connectusers.com forum site was compromised by an unauthorised third party. It does not appear that any other Adobe services, including the Adobe Connect conferencing service itself, were impacted,” according to an official posting from Adobe.
Debashis Sarkar, EFYTIMES News Network
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