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BMC Vulnerability Exposes Admin Passwords in Plain Text

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Jun

2014

Plain text passwords for remote log in to servers can be accessed from machines equipped with motherboards built by Supermicro, a company that manufactures and sells computer hardware. The security weakness, found by Zachary Wikholm, senior security engineer with the CARInet Security Incident Response Team, dwells in the BMC (baseboard management controller) component of the […]

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1 Million Facebook-Related Emails Leaked by UGLegion

14

Jun

2014

A sample from what seems to be a database with one million email addresses connected to Facebook popped up on Pastebin today. The database has been uploaded by the user UGLEGION, who also exposed today a list of email addresses and plain text passwords that could belong to users of the Origin software distribution platform […]

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Infragard Atlanta, an FBI affiliate, hacked by LulzSec

04

Jun

2011

In a self-titled hack attack called “F**k FBI Friday” the hacking group known as LulzSec has published details on users and associates of the non-profit organization known as Infragard. Infragard describes itself as a non-profit focused on being an interface between the private sector and individuals with the FBI. LulzSec published 180 usernames, hashed passwords, […]

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