Kaspersky Lab hacked: another sign of the losing war against hackers?
Oh great. This is all we need. Kaspersky Lab, a big antivirus software company, has been hacked, according to the Register. That seems to be the conclusion based on evidence posted on a blog yesterday.
The hacker apparently launched a simple attack (SQL injection) that gave access to a database containing "users, activation codes, lists of bugs, admins, shop, etc." Dan Goodin at the Register reports that this kind of attack has happened a few dozen times at Kaspersky since 2000.
That’s pretty bad PR for Kaspersky, whose job it is to protect us all from malicious hackers. If they can’t keep their own data safe and secure, are you going to trust them with your data? That’s always been the case in the antivirus and security software industry. Hackers would love to embarrass the people who take pride in stopping hackers in their tracks.
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