Hackers Steal Data from
Pentagon, NASA, Federal Reserve
by Ben Weitzenkorn, Staff
Writer, Security, TechNewsDaily December 12 2012 12:39 PM ET
Members of the
Anonymous-affiliated Team GhostShell hacking collective have published what
they claim is stolen information for 1.6 million accounts linked to government
agencies, including the Pentagon, NASA and the Federal Reserve.
The hackers appear to have
breached the database with a malicious SQL code injection, ZDNet reported,
stealing passwords and corresponding email addresses, phone numbers, home
addresses and notes from defense tests.
"#ProjectWhiteFox
will conclude this year's series of attacks by promoting hacktivism worldwide
and drawing attention to the freedom of information on the net," Team
GhostShell wrote in a Pastebin post that included links to the stolen
information.
Team GhostShell gained
notoriety when they leaked information from more than 100 websites, including
those of the Thai Navy and MIT. The politically minded hackers made headlines
again when they hacked 100 prestigious universities and leaked 120,000 records
to protest what they called the deteriorating quality of education.
This latest breach is
another blow to NASA, where computer security breaches have occurred with
embarrassing frequency over the past two years. The space agency said it had
lost more than 48 portable devices in addition to laptops stolen from employee
vehicles in March 2011 and October of this year.
Team GhostShell may be in
hacking hibernation for now, but it's almost certain that the activist hackers
will return in 2013.
"Happy holidays and
who knows, maybe we'll see each other again next year, the hackers wrote. They
signed it, "GhostShell."
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