Published On:Monday, 3 June 2013
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Saudi Arabian Hackers Target Australian Film and Television Jobs Website
Saudi Arabian hackers of Group Hp-Hack, the ones who defaced the official website of Syria’s Ministry of Legal Affairs last week, have turned their attention to sites from other parts of the world.
They claim to have penetrated the systems of Screen Hub, a website that provides news and jobs for the Australian television and film industry.
By leveraging an SQL Injection vulnerability, the hackers managed to gain access to the site’s databases from which they leaked the usernames and clear text passwords of over 3,500 users.
Other websites targeted by the hacker group over the past days include the St. Francis Preparatory School in New York, Russian auto accessories provider Auto-Dress.ru, and the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
The details of hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of users have been leaked from these websites, including user passwords in clear text.
Group Hp-Hack claims that its main target is still Syria, but in the meantime, it has targeted these sites “for the lulz.”
