The global regulator victim of an internet hacking – Les Echos

The Icann employees were victims of an attack by “phishing.” Hackers were able to steal their passwords and break into secure servers

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There is less dramatic than the one that hit Sony Pictures, but has a significant symbolic: ICANN, the US Agency for Internet regulation said it had been a victim, too, of piracy. Attack by “phishing” Specifically, she explained on his blog.

Many of his employees have received e-mails intended to resemble those sent by one of their colleagues with an address ending in “icann.org” according to the blog of Icann. Consequence: “Several employees have had their references stolen emails.”

collected Records

The attack, it seems, began in November. Typically phishing attacks are designed to fool people by leading them to click on fake pages when they return addresses and passwords, which are thus recovered by hackers. This trick allowed hackers to retrieve email addresses and passwords of several employees of ICANN.

They were able to penetrate further into the computer system of the organization. They were able to enter secure servers where they recovered files on domain names, addresses and user passwords, further indicated Icann.

Limited damage

Hackers have also used recovered passwords to fraudulently enter the Wikipedia page of the agency, on his blog and in referencing a directory of web addresses owners. The blog and the book has not been tampered with, further noted ICANN without specifying who might be behind the attack.

The agency estimated that improvements in its security systems earlier this year had helped to limit the damage. And other protective measures have also been put in place since the attack.

Icann, whose mission is to assign domain names of websites should leaving the American fold at the end of next year. Washington has announced in March that it might not renew his contract with Los Angeles-based if an independent control system is in place to ensure the reliability of address assignment system. The Agency should provide such a control system at the US Commerce Department aware, 2015.

Source AFP