WHID 2008-13: Harvard site hacked and leaked on BitTorrent

Attack Information

WHID ID:

2008-13

Date Occured:

20 Feb 2008

Attack Method:

Insufficient Authentication

Outcome Information

Outcome:

Leakage of Information

Outcome:

Downtime

Target Information

Attacked Entity Field:

Education

Attacked Entity Geography:

USA

Attacked System's Technology:

Joomla

Additional information:

Harvard Site Hacked and Leaked on BitTorrent [TorrentFreak, Feb 18 2008]
Harvard Web Site Hack is a Cautionary Tale [Virtualization News Desk, Feb 19 2008]
Harvard Joomla site hacked: things to learn? [James Walker, Feb 19 2008]
Harvard Web site hacked; database on file-sharing site [Computer World, Feb 18 2008]
Harvard grad school site hacked, files distributed on BitTorrent network [SC Magazine, Feb 19 2008]

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