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| British Navy website shut down after hacker strikes |
| 2010-11-08 |
| A WEBSITE run by Britain's Royal Navy has been suspended after a computer hacker infiltrated its database, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said. The hacker, who goes by the name TinKode, claimed in a blogpost to have breached security on the site Friday at 11:55pm. The hacker, who is believed to be Romanian, posted user names and data from the website on the internet, The Portsmouth News reported. The infiltration came after the government identified cyber attacks as among the top threats facing the UK and pledged £500 million ($807 million) to be spent on online defences. A navy spokesman said: "We can confirm that there was a compromise of the Royal Navy public-relations internet website over the weekend. There has been no malicious damage; but as a precaution, the Royal Navy website has been temporarily suspended. "Security teams are investigating. Access to this website did not give the hacker access to any classified information." Visitors to website were greeted by the message: "Unfortunately the Royal Navy website is currently undergoing essential maintenance. Please visit again soon." The hacker was believed to be the same person who disclosed a high-risk weakness in YouTube in July. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Interesting... a big NASA site was taken down at the same time and the site when on alert... |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-11-08 17:18 |