Μία νέα επίθεση που πραγματοποιήθηκε εναντίον του δικτύου της FOX, που διοργανώνει το X-Factor στις Η.Π.Α., κατέληξε στην κλοπή προσωπικών δεδομένων, περίπου 250.000 πολιτών των Η.Π.Α., χωρίς ευτυχώς να περιλαμβάνονται κωδικοί πρόσβασης ή οικονομικές πληροφορίες.Ωστόσο η παραβίαση αυτή οδήγησε σε κλοπή στοιχείων ταυτότητας, τα οποία οι επιτιθέμενοι μπορούν να χρησιμοποιήσουν έξυπνα και να ξεγελάσουν τους χρήστες, καθώς περιέχονται ηλεκτρονικές διευθύνσεις, αριθμοί τηλεφώνων, ονόματα, ημερομηνίες γέννησης κ.α..
Η εταιρεία FOX ενημέρωσε όλους τους χρήστες τους οποίους επηρέασε η επίθεση και έστειλε το παρακάτω μήνυμα:
«This week, we learned that computer hackers illegally accessed information you and others submitted to us to receive information about The X Factor auditions.
It is possible that the information you did provide to us, which included your name, email address, zip code, phone number (which was optional), date of birth, and gender, may have been accessed.We are taking this matter very seriously and are working with federal law enforcement authorities to investigate this illegal action.
The X Factor will never ask you to email personal information such as financial data, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers or the user name or passwords you use to access other websites.If you receive an email that appears to be from Fox.com or The X Factor asking for personal information, please delete it, as it did not come from us.»
It is possible that the information you did provide to us, which included your name, email address, zip code, phone number (which was optional), date of birth, and gender, may have been accessed.We are taking this matter very seriously and are working with federal law enforcement authorities to investigate this illegal action.
The X Factor will never ask you to email personal information such as financial data, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers or the user name or passwords you use to access other websites.If you receive an email that appears to be from Fox.com or The X Factor asking for personal information, please delete it, as it did not come from us.»
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