Was the U.N. Hacked Again? Security Vulnerabilities Revealed
- Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:10pm by
Liz Klimas
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The information appears to be coming from the hacking group Team Poison.
In a hack that security experts say could have been easily prevented by following the simplest of security measures, a hacker going by “Casi” has released what he claims are vulnerabilities in the United Nation’s system.
MyFoxNY reports that the firm Identity Finder said the U.N. was not following basic security procedures on the web, allowing it to be hacked by a SQL injection attack (SQLIA):
“It’s web security 101,” Aaron Titus, Chief Privacy Officer for Identity Finder says. “This breach seems to be a very simple attack. If this breach was real, they could have prevented this very easily and should have prevented it.”
He says Identity Finder is not able to independently verify the legitimacy of the information but the hack appears legitimate.
The data in the release included a list of vulnerable points and a detailed map of the inside of the UN’s database.
“It’s making the rounds in the hacker community and is spreading fast,” Titus says.
Casi, who appears to be involved with the hacking group TeaMp0isoN, posted the vulnerabilities on a Pastebin site because he is “fighting for Internet Freedom, equiality & rights for all.” MyFoxNY reports that Identity Finder reached out to the U.N. to inform them of the attack but has not head back.
In Nov. 2011, TeaMpoisoN (Team Poison) was credited with hacking the U.N.’s server, releasing email addresses and passwords. Passwords do not appear to be apart of this most recent hack.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 11:26amWhen is [compleatly-isolated] computor for your ultra-secrate doc’s, such a hard thing to doo? When needed, just copy from it with a separate remoovable media and use only what you need…never interconnect it to anything else…toooooo simple. Donot even have an extra-isolated harddrive in your normal computor. each time you add to, completely-wipe the remoovable media before, and after. Ultra-delete the original from the master-computor immediately after..or just do all u-s work on the unconnected one…. .
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:27amGood, make sure they know that someone is watching them
Report Post »william_f_chomsky_81
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:21amTeaMp0isoN is affiliated with various Anti-US and Anti-Israel hacking teams, but it’s perfectly acceptable that they hacked the U.N., right?
Report Post »ConservativeBrony
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:34pmU.N. is a bunch of commies. They deserve to be hacked to oblivion. I bet they could barely use a computer. I betcha they are so dumb they think if an icon on the desktop disappears the program isn’t there any more. People who can’t understand computers like that deserve it. Sorry if it’s harsh, but it’s going to happen.
Report Post »william_f_chomsky_81
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:47amSO if we disagree with someone then it’s acceptable to perform illegal actions against them? Great thinking! I’m sure the Obama administration will be in total agreement with you on this one!
Report Post »TiocFaidhArLa
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:47pmlol people dont realize a simple firewall would stop most of these. They can get in to the info because of the governments incompetence
Report Post »ath1n
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:31pmA firewall will not block an SQL injection attack. The only way to stop it is to not be a moron when you’re scripting. Don’t use the obvious target words.
Report Post »pecopfc
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:37pm…Its the UN for Pete’s sake…they sold the info…to the lowest bidder….
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:27pm…did you really expect the UN could do something correctly?
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:27pmWell at least they are hacking criminal enterprises..Such as the U.N …..
Report Post »MarsBarsTru7
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:20pmI can’t stand these criminal hacker groups, but I’d love for the entire UN database to be hacked and for the information to be spread all over the Internet. If there is one organization on this planet that should have no secrets, it is the U.N.
No privacy for the UN, for as long as they assume the authority to be global social engineers.
Report Post »Mother_of_JesusH.Christ
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:03pmDid they release anything about Aganda 21?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:13pmThey should shut down the UN permanently, that is a hack i could get behind.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:00pmHack away! Get the US out of the UN then Get the UN out of the US
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:22pmThey screwed up. They caused the UN no harm, and now the security hole is going to be closed. The one time they could have been useful, they’re useless.
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:34pmAbsolutely agree!!!!!
Report Post »Kentuckyboy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:45pmU.S. OUT of the U.N. and the UN out of the USA.
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:36pmCouldn’t agree more!!!!!
Report Post »PuntoVistaSur
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:39pmDid they find confirmation that the UN is just a useless collection of pompous idiots who accomplish absolutely nothing?
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:23pmThey’re accomplishing much more than you think… Agenda 21– coming to a town near you. That is, if you don’t already have it.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:37pmUN hacked is a good thing…thanks for the first bit of good news….
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:32pmI’m totally OK with this hack. Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.
Report Post »hoopsgulch
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:20pmDoes anyone care if the UN is hacked?
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:32pmExactly …The only one who would care is some commie third world criminal who pocketed millions of U.S.Cash …I mean it would be funny to see how many millions we gave some of these buffoons so they would let in a box of rubbers .and so some commie like Obama can give a speech and proclaim he is single handed fighting the war on aids…lol …and is the savior of the world ….
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