  Microsoft India's retail website down after hack attack February 13, 2012 - 14:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft India's retail website was down on Monday, Feb 13, after being hacked, with a purportedly Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team posting screenshots the hackers said were customers' obscured usernames and passwords found unencrypted on the site, Reuters reported. "Microsoft is investigating a limited compromise of the company's online store in India," a Microsoft spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. "The store customers have already been sent guidance on the issue and suggested immediate actions. We are diligently working to remedy the issue and keep our customers protected," she said. The Microsoft Store India (www.microsoftstore.co.in) website showed an error message promising to restore access as quickly as possible. The hackers obscured the full usernames and passwords in the screen shots posted on a blog run by Evil Shadow Team member 7z1 (ps.s.blog.163.com). Writing in Mandarin, 7z1 describes himself as a "patriotic hacker." The hacker, 7z1, told Reuters the data had been found unencrypted on the website. The Indian edition of Microsoft Store is operated by Indian company Quasar Media. A spokesman said the company was investigating. "I am not sure when the site will be up again or what happened," spokesman Rahul Roy said.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
