List of Web Hacking Incidents: Insufficient Authentication

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Attack Method Outcome
WHID 2009-5: School data hacked, grades altered Insufficient Authentication Disinformation
WHID 2009-38: Time's Poll For Most Influencial Hacked
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Insufficient Anti Automation
Insufficient Authentication
Disinformation
Link Spam
WHID 2009-30: Sage SaaS Withdrawn Due to Security Flaws
Insufficient Authentication
Insufficient Authorization
Monetary Loss
WHID 2009-22: Federal Travel Booking Site Spreads Malware (Updated)
Insufficient Authentication
Misconfiguration
Planting of Malware
WHID 2009-2: Twitter accounts of the famous hacked (Updated)
Brute Force
Insufficient Authentication
Defacement
WHID 2009-17: Passwords are optional at SpeedDate Insufficient Authentication Leakage of Information
WHID 2009-15: Kanye West has been Hacked
Content Spoofing
Insufficient Authentication
Disinformation
WHID 2008-47: The Federal Suppliers Guide validates login credential in JavaScript Insufficient Authentication Monetary Loss
WHID 2008-13: Harvard site hacked and leaked on BitTorrent Insufficient Authentication
Leakage of Information
Downtime
WHID 2007-60: The blog of a Cambridge University security team hacked
Insufficient Authentication
Known Vulnerability
SQL Injection
Downtime
WHID 2007-44: Hacker Breaks Into eBay Server, Locks Users Out Insufficient Authentication Loss of Sales
WHID 2007-35: Data lapse involved 51,000 at a hospital Insufficient Authentication Leakage of Information
WHID 2007-28: US Embassy probes hacking of online visa appointment system Insufficient Authentication Disinformation
WHID 2007-15: High School Hackers Cancel School With Fake Snow Day Insufficient Authentication Defacement
WHID 2006-16: AstraTel customer call records leaked Insufficient Authentication
WHID 2005-59: Vote Someone Else's Shares
Insufficient Authentication
Credential/Session Prediction
Disclosure Only
WHID 2005-5: Paris Hilton's T-Mobile online account hacked
Insufficient Authentication
Weak Password Recovery Validation
OS Commanding
WHID 2005-42: Default password in a common application used by schools Insufficient Authentication Disclosure Only
WHID 2005-34: Man logs into dabs.com misc customer account Insufficient Authentication
WHID 2005-33: Insufficient authorization on Verizon's MyAccount feature
Credential/Session Prediction
Insufficient Authentication
Disclosure Only
WHID 2005-3: Misconfiguration issues in paid wireless access and billing applications
Insufficient Authentication
Directory Indexing
Leakage of Information
WHID 2005-29: Security issues in interactive hotel TVs
Credential/Session Prediction
Insufficient Authentication
Disclosure Only
WHID 2005-12: Insufficient authentication on Arbela mutual insurance allowed access to private data Insufficient Authentication Disclosure Only
WHID 2004-9: Billing and personal information leakage due to lack of authentication on a phone company web site
Insufficient Authorization
Insufficient Authentication
Disclosure Only
WHID 2004-18: Security flaw exposed in Cahoot bank accounts
Predictable Resource Location
Insufficient Authentication
Disclosure Only