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(Breach Security ) [Project Leader]

The Web Hacking Incidents Database
Last update:07 November 2007

List of incidents for 2002

Other years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007


There are 4 incidents for 2002
WHID 2002-4: Tower Records settles charges over hack attacks
Date: 05 December 2002
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Credential/Session Prediction

View other customers orders by changing a guessable number within a URL parameter

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WHID 2002-3: Reuters accused of hacking
Date: 29 November 2002
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Unknown

A company put its earnings report on site before its official release, but did not linked to it. Reuters found the document and published it.

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WHID 2002-2: Advogato XSS virus account
Date: 21 September 2002
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Insufficient Authorization, Predictable Resource Location

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WHID 2002-1: Flawed authentication at BN.com exposes personal information
Date: 09 July 2002
Incident Type: Vulnerability Disclosure
WASC Threat Classification: Credential/Session Prediction

Opening an account with a discontinued e-mail address exposes all the information of the discontinues account

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