World Record : 404907 websites hacked by iskorpitx (Turkish Hacker) !

404907 websites hacked by Iskorpitx (Turkish Hacker)

Type the word “Iskorpitx” into Google, and see what you get. Exactly the same word spit back at you, except from any number of different sites. That’s because Iskorpitx is the handle of a hacker who recently committed the biggest hacking incident in web-hosting history. Those search results are the graffiti he left.

Quote from zone-h.org:
"Turkish cracker going by the handle "Iskorpitx", succesfully hacked 21,549 websites in one shot (plus 17,000 as our last update) and defaced (on a secondary page) all of them with a message showing the Turkish flag (with AtaTurk face on it)"


Also, Iskorpitx was reportedly responsible for the largest defacement in web history, successfully hacking 21,549 websites in one shot in May 2006.

Biggest news was about NZ Parliament video site being hacked, and also sites hosted by A2Hosting and GoDaddy.But the attack was actually bigger than that, even some Estonian sites were attacked.

After doing a research, it appears to me that iSKORPiTX does this sort of thing from time to time, every 3-6 months or so. I found one place where someone said he attacked over 20,000 sites in under 24 hours. 


Iskorpitx has quite a reputation for this sort of thing. Since 2003, he's hacked an estimated 117,000 websites, not even including this latest round, and some of those were the sites of his own country's government. 


Based on Zone-H’s record which is always verified to be accurate, tens of thousands of GoDaddy customers were defaced.  Without some kind of investigation, we can’t be certain if GoDaddy knew what and when but if the forum thread from April 2005 is authentic and accurate, then we have a big problem that nothing was done in over a year which resulted in the biggest mass web defacement ever.  As a customer of GoDaddy hosting myself, I want to know the truth. 


It remains unknown whether the most recent attacks where made at the root or webserver level. Iskorpitx executes his hacks by creating subpages, regardless of what authorization level he achieves on the servers.

Iskorpitx's motivations are unclear. Although many of the Turkish hackers have religious agendas, he does not seem to share them. Whatever his reasons or inspiration, Iskorpitx is acting as a massive nuisance throughout the Web. 


Pakistan Law Website and 9 other Hacked By Team NUTS

Pakistan Law Website and 9 other Hacked By Team NUTS



Law website : http://nwfplaws.gon.pk/

Other websites Hacked are :

Genesco's Credit Card Processing System Hacked !

Specialty retailer Genesco Inc. said Friday that it suffered a criminal intrusion into the part of its computer network that processes payment card transactions and certain details of cards might have been compromised, but added that the intrusion was likely contained after the company took immediate steps to secure the affected part of its network. The company expressed confidence that customers can now safely use their credit and debit cards in its stores.

Nashville, Tennessee-based Genesco said that the portion of its computer network that processes payment card transactions for its United States Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Shi by Journeys and Johnston & Murphy stores, and for some of its Underground Station stores suffered a criminal intrusion. While the extent of the intrusion was not known at the current point of time, the company said it is conducting a probe with the help of an outside expert to determine the extent of any possible compromise of customer information that occurred in the intrusion.

Robert Dennis, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Genesco said, "Since we learned of the intrusion, we have worked diligently with outside experts to protect our customers' information and we are confident that they are safe shopping with their credit and debit cards at our stores. We recommend that our customers review their card statements and other account information carefully and immediately notify their card issuer if they suspect fraudulent use. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this attack on our network may cause our customers."
Genesco noted it was possible that the credit or debit card number, expiration date and card verification code contained on the magnetic stripe of some payment cards used at stores in the affected chains may have been compromised during the intrusion. However, the company said it currently has no reason to believe that personal information, such as names, addresses or Social Security numbers, was acquired by the intruder. Further, the company said that payment card transactions in any of its e-commerce or catalog businesses, Lids Sports businesses, or its Canadian stores did not seem to be affected by the intrusion.

Genesco said it has notified law enforcement authorities as well as the major payment card brands and is cooperating with them to identify those responsible for the intrusion. On Wednesday, Mastercard Inc. said its website was experiencing heavy traffic, but credit card use was not affected. The company made no comment on whether the website had been taken down by hackers. The media had earlier reported a series of hacker attacks on various websites belonging to organizations that have denied service to Wikileaks, the whistleblower website. Mastercard had said on Monday that 'it would no longer process donations" to Wikileaks, terming the site's activities "illegal".

Paypal, Visa Inc. and other banks previously connected to Wikileaks also severed their ties with Wikileaks. These companies withdrew services to the controversial website after it leaked secret U.S. diplomatic cables. In retaliation, hackers in support of Wikileaks brought down the websites of the credit card giants.

In Friday's regular trading session, GCO is trading at $38.86, up $0.20 or 0.52% on a volume of 1,580 shares. The stock has been trading in a range of $21.00-$41.20 in the past 52 weeks.