A team of hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to gain access to a customer database protected by security company Kaspersky. It appears the attack did not compromise any data, according to Roel Schouwenberg, a Kaspersky senior antivirus researcher. However, it certainly dealt a blow to the company’s reputation. “A Romanian hacker team found a vulnerability in a new site we launched in the U.S.,” Schouwenberg told TechNewsWorld. “That vulnerability allowed them to to get some access to that part of the site.”
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Kaspersky Red-Faced Over SQL Injection Hack
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 10, 2009 02:17 PMA team of hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to gain access to a customer database protected by security company Kaspersky. It appears the attack did not compromise any data, according to Roel Schouwenberg, a Kaspersky senior antivirus researcher. However, it certainly dealt a blow to the company’s reputation. “A Romanian hacker team found a vulnerability in a new site we launched in the U.S.,” Schouwenberg told TechNewsWorld. “That vulnerability allowed them to to get some access to that part of the site.”