KR Jinbonet 2010 Hacking (Q16863)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | KR Jinbonet 2010 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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50898BF8-453A-4005-9DDD-79AB9BE0A668
January 2010
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British and US spies hacked into the routers and networks of several victim organizations by feeding telcom engineers maliciousLinkedIn and Slashdot pages, according to documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Once the computer browsers ofthe engineers pulled up the fake pages, malware was installed giving the agencies the ability to penetrate the internal networks. (English)
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