8.Jul.2008 at 7:29 pm | Sunny

Hackers Crack ICANN Blog

Mirror sites of “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” or ICANN, the organization that is responsible for assigning unique addresses so computers know where to find each other, was cracked by Turkish hackers. Within hours from the first crack, the organizations WordPress v2.5.1 powered blog was compromised. Although I believe version 2.3 was the worst, vulnerability issues are not strictly limited to any one version or blogging platform. So the only way to keep you site safe is by checking on it regularly for changes outside of what you authorize and keeping a good backup of your site!

Tagged: Un, WP, blog, hacks, wordpress

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  1. 1. Kristine | July 14, 2008 #

    Wow! Thanks for this information. It must be something in the Turkish water…I had a forum compromised a couple of years ago by yet another group of Turkish hackers.

  1. 2. hso | July 15, 2008 #

    @ Kristine

    Both Turkish and Russian water. They love to break in and mess things up.

  1. 3. Diseño web | July 17, 2008 #

    Well is evident no one (even big guys like ICANN) are free of being hacked, i had the same problem with a client´s blog last year. In this case was a german hacker. Agree in the backup issue… simple the best defensive attitude.

  1. 4. Web Designer Kent | July 21, 2008 #

    Ive been working on CSS based sites for sometime but still get the odd error in firefox ! wish they just played ball the same when designing, would make life a whole lot easier for everyone involved… but then that would be to simple and obvious…lol

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