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The Web Hacking Incidents Database
Last update:17 February 2008
List of Incidents for a Classification
Please note that classifications are a new feature and not all entries in WHID are already classified, so when you get a certain number of entries for a classification, WHID might have more records matching that classification that we did not classify yet. We hope to complete the classification process soon.
Select classification:
Attack Method, Country, Location, Origin, Outcome, Software, Vertical Select criteria for classification "Outcome":
Blackmail, Chaos, Deceit, Defacement, Disclosure Only, Downtime, Extortion, Identity Theft, Information Warfare, Leakage of Information, Link Spam, Loss of Sales, Monetary Loss, Phishing, Planting of Malware, Political Defacement, Spam, Worm
List of incidents for which Outcome is Link Spam
2 incidents listed
Reported: 19 December 2007Occurred: 17 December 2007
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Known Vulnerability
- Country: UK
- Outcome: Link Spam
- Software: WordPress
- Vertical: Media
In an incident very similar to the Al Gore Hack, the personal blog of IT journalist Tim Anderson was also hacked. Unlike Mr. Gore, Tim discusses the breach and its origins.
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Reported: 19 December 2007Occurred: 26 November 2007
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Known Vulnerability
- Country: USA
- Outcome: Link Spam
- Software: WordPress
- Vertical: Politics
Whether comment spam by itself is an application failure or a necessary evil for site allowing rich comments is an open question. However it is reported that in this case vulnerability in WordPress allowed the spammers to actually penetrate the site and modify pages and not just abuse comments.
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