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jose
18th December 2014, 09:20 PM
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been hacked by unknown attackers that allowed them to gain administrative access to some of the organization's systems, the organization confirmed.

http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/ICANN-Hacked.html

Rubber Duck
18th December 2014, 09:33 PM
It was taken over by Aliens years ago!

mgrohan
18th December 2014, 09:43 PM
Rumoured to have been hacked by North Korean hackers, tired of waiting to be able to use full domain names in their own language. :lol:

clipper
19th December 2014, 09:56 PM
So, ICANN staffers fell for the oldest trick on the internet? That tells you something about the organization.

The attackers used "spear phishing" campaign to target sensitive systems operated by ICANN and sent spoofed emails disguised as internal ICANN communications to its staff members. The link in the emails took the staff to bogus login page, where they provided their usernames and passwords with the keys to their work email accounts.

Steve Clarke
20th December 2014, 07:45 PM
No doubt this will cause a delay...in the full implementation of IDN.com

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