Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on Nostr: NEW: Scammers uploaded ads for hacking services on a dozen U.S. government websites ...
NEW: Scammers uploaded ads for hacking services on a dozen U.S. government websites and two dozen University websites.
The massive spam campaign was ultimately harmless, but hackers could have exploited the same vulnerabilities to do much more damage.
The affected sites:
- Official .gov websites belonging to the state governments of California, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming; the counties of St. Louis in Minnesota, Franklin County in Ohio, Sussex County in Delaware; the town of Johns Creek in Georgia; and the federal Administration for Community Living.
-The .edu websites of several universities: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, UC San Diego, University of Virginia, UC San Francisco, University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan Community College, University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Southwestern, Jackson State University, Hillsdale College, United Nations University, Lehigh University, Community Colleges of Spokane, Empire State University, Smithsonian Institution, Oregon State University, University of Buckingham in the U.K., and Universidad Del Norte in Colombia.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/scammers-publish-ads-for-hacking-services-on-government-websites/
The massive spam campaign was ultimately harmless, but hackers could have exploited the same vulnerabilities to do much more damage.
The affected sites:
- Official .gov websites belonging to the state governments of California, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming; the counties of St. Louis in Minnesota, Franklin County in Ohio, Sussex County in Delaware; the town of Johns Creek in Georgia; and the federal Administration for Community Living.
-The .edu websites of several universities: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, UC San Diego, University of Virginia, UC San Francisco, University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan Community College, University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Southwestern, Jackson State University, Hillsdale College, United Nations University, Lehigh University, Community Colleges of Spokane, Empire State University, Smithsonian Institution, Oregon State University, University of Buckingham in the U.K., and Universidad Del Norte in Colombia.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/scammers-publish-ads-for-hacking-services-on-government-websites/