Get a load of this email. Sure. I believe this Bashar Assad hacked our computers rubbish, after all I must have idiot tattooed on my forehead. Hi there, Wed like to reassure you regarding an issue that a number of our users have experienced this morning. A worldwide hacking operation hit several major companies and media websites overnight, including stuff.co.nz. There is no reason to believe any personal data was compromised. Gigya, a third-party United States company which provides commenting and sharing services, had its domain registrar breached, which resulted in websites pointing to a new website, operated by the Syrian Electronic Army, when people tried to access them. Stuff.co.nz was affected, along with Forbes, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Chicago Tribune, Italys La Repubblica and The Los Angles Times. Companies including Dell, Microsoft, Ferrari and humanitarian organisation Unicef were also targeted. The hack resulted in an image with the text Youve been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Gigya chief executive Patrick Salyer has advised that at no point was any user data compromised. To be absolutely clear: neither Gigyas platform itself nor any user, administrator or operational data has been compromised and was never at risk of being compromised. Rather, the attack only served other JavaScript files instead of those served by Gigya. Our editor, Patrick Crewdson, would like to assure you that your personal information is safe. We treat any breach of services we use very seriously. We have no reason to believe any user information was compromised, and were working with Gigya to make sure such a breach doesnt happen again. If youve been affected, thanks for your patience while we deal with this matter. Regards, The team at Stuff.co.nz
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:12:56 +0000
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