According to the Sina website, hackers briefly changed Sanlu's website today to say "Melamine Group".
So much excitement, that when Sporting KC supporters group KC Cauldron went to sell Opening Day tickets on its website, hackers (yes, hackers!) took to writing code to get around the group's new membership requirements.
If users visited the website, hackers could use it to gain access to their computer and get the same rights as the machine's user.
As the New York Times reported last month after the massive DDoS attack took down many popular websites, hackers are using more sophisticated and powerful methods that target core internet infrastructure providers.
(According to the website The Hacker News, OurMine tweeted that Mr. Zuckerberg's password was "dadada," and was used across multiple accounts. OurMine's Twitter account has since been suspended).
Taking control of Bushnell's email, Twitter account and website, the hacker posted the opening pages of Bushnell's upcoming novel online.
A more recent web application hack was that of the official Linux Mint distribution website, which hackers silently compromised in February in order to upload and distribute a backdoored version of the OS.
KRTV says on its website the hackers broadcast that "dead bodies are rising from their graves" in several Montana counties.
A typical phishing email will provide a link to a cloned version of a legitimate website, which hackers can then use to harvest login details from unsuspecting individuals.
The breach in question dates back to October 2015 when data from nearly 157,000 TalkTalk customer accounts was stolen from its website by hackers.
The breach in question dates back to October 2015 when data from nearly 157,000 TalkTalk customer accounts was stolen from its website by hackers.
