Monday, November 5, 2012
NBC website was Hacked
Several NBC websites were hacked on Sunday (04-11-2012) by a Hacktivist group calling itself "pyknic" and suggesting a possible link to the cyber-attack group Anonymous.
It appeared that the "defacement" of the affected sub-sites was cleaned up in a couple of hours. NBC and its various websites
It appeared that the "defacement" of the affected sub-sites was cleaned up in a couple of hours. NBC and its various websites
Appeared to be functioning normally as of Sunday evening Eastern time. However, older versions maintained by search engines such as Google and Bing still bore the message "hacked by pyknic" a possible reference to an obscure hacker or "hacktivist" group.
The message said "REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT."
Additionally, the site's attackers claimed to have stolen user names and passwords from NBC's site, but NBC hasn't officially verified the these claims, nor suggested which of its users might be affected if the attackers' claims are actually true. 
This article was written by: Rajesh Darvesh
He is a Ethical Hacking and Security Professional, with experience in various aspects of Information Security and Founder of The Hacker Voice Other than this : He is an Internet Activist, Strong supporter of Anonymous and Wikileaks you can Follow him on Twitter
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