tMoA

Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
tMoA

~ The only Home on the Web You'll ever need ~

    Confirmed: Hackers attacked St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

    Carol
    Carol
    Admin
    Admin


    Posts : 31564
    Join date : 2010-04-07
    Location : Hawaii

    Confirmed: Hackers attacked St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Empty Confirmed: Hackers attacked St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

    Post  Carol Wed May 20, 2015 10:54 am

    Confirmed: Hackers attacked St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Stlouis-fed-bank-cyberattack.si
    http://rt.com/usa/260229-stlouis-federal-reserve-cyberattack/
    Confirmed: Hackers attacked St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

    A cyberattack on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis last month compromised the bank’s domain name and routed web traffic to rouge websites created by the hackers that simulated the original, the bank confirmed this week. Bank officials said in a statement on Monday that while the hackers didn’t compromise its website, they did manipulate the bank’s routing on April 24. "As is common with these kinds of DNS (domain name service) attacks, users who were redirected to one of these phony websites may have been unknowingly exposed to vulnerabilities that the hackers may have put there, such as phishing, malware and access to user names and passwords," the Fed statement said.

    The statement added that those people who attempted to access the research.stlouisfed.org website on April 24 might have exposed their account name and password to hackers. As a precaution, users will be asked to change their password the next time they log onto the website.

    “[In] the event that your user name and password are the same or similar as those you use for other websites, we highly recommend…a strong, unique and different password for each of your user accounts on the Internet,” said the statement.

    Hackers regularly target US government agencies and websites, most recently at the White House, State Department, United States Postal Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to Reuters.


    _________________
    What is life?
    It is the flash of a firefly in the night, the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

    With deepest respect ~ Aloha & Mahalo, Carol

      Current date/time is Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:11 am