“Criminals, urge Icann systems after targeted phishing attack”

Criminals know the various computer systems of Icann to penetrate. Icann has as a result all passwords are Centralized Zone Data System reset. The attackers came in by using phishing passwords of employees to find out.

It was a targeted attack: the phishing e-mails seemed to come from Icanns own domain, writes the organization that tlds manages. As a result, several employees successfully graduated and have the attackers their passwords to address. Thus they invaded the Centralized Zone Data System and in the Gac Wiki.

In the infringement on the CZDS have the attackers data of the users of that system captured, including the encrypted passwords. Therefore, Icann all of the passwords reset. In addition, the organization has even more, unspecified security measures after the hack. The hack in late november.