Foxconn's Servers Hacked, Exposing Vendor Usernames and Passwords

[steve217]

The original exploit was reportedly through an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability from a worker inside Foxconn.

I read that and think about being in that guys shoes when he's found out, and it just sends chills up my spine.

 

[Lennholm]

GO FIGURE!

"The original exploit was reportedly through an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability..."

The answer to that is don't run Internet Exploder (IE)!!!

If you run that browser, you can patch all day, every day, and there will ALWAYS be a new hole for someone to find.

Agreed, but to be fair, that's true for every other browser aswell, not least for Safari, which has had a number of security flaws. And no, they're not all because of Flash.
There's no reason to believe a modern version of Internet Explorer (> 7) isn't as secure as other browsers.

I also would not be surprised if it was using IE6 as well.

I wouldn't be surprised either. IE6 still makes a dent in the browser usage statistics and it's mostly because it's still used on old computers in the developing world.

IE6, yes. But IE9 is a pretty damn fine browser.

Still not as good as the alternatives though.

 

[Steve121178]

Still not as good as the alternatives though.

It is better than most. The only browser that IE9 can't touch is Chrome. IE9 is much better than Firefox & IE9 is easily better than Opera & Safari.

Chrome is my browser of choice, but I have to use IE9 a lot especially for work. So with IE9, I use TPL to block ad's, Speckie for spellchecking, LastPass & Xmarks. And people say IE doesn't have any add-ons, pfft.

 

[jonnysods]

Wow. Who knew that a billion dollar company could have a password like foxconn2. Unreal!

 

[Hastings101]

Time to order up a new Mac Pro model....

 

[justperry]

25% of users in China still use IE6. Take a look:
http://www.ie6countdown.com/

Also: Storing plaintext passwords instead of salted hashes? Tut tut.

Thanks for the link.
I am amazed to see that high tech countries like Singapore, Japan and Taiwan have a higher % than Russia

 

[justperry]

I wouldn't be surprised either. IE6 still makes a dent in the browser usage statistics and it's mostly because it's still used on old computers in the developing world.

You think Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore are developing countries?

 

[samcraig]

I just think it's ironic that there's IE adverts all over MacRumors when a) it's a Mac site and b) we're all sitting here slagging off IE!

Ironic? No. It's called keyword advertising. If everyone in the thread starting talking about Morgan Stanley - and Morgan Stanley had online ads - then you'd see ads for Morgan Stanley.

That's also not irony. I think you meant coincidental. They aren't the same thing.

Just FYI...

 

[Lennholm]

You think Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore are developing countries?

No, but if those countries contribute to IE6 showing up in usage stats then that's just sad

 

[justperry]

No, but if those countries contribute to IE6 showing up in usage stats then that's just sad

And that's what I said in My Post #81

 

[AustinIllini]

Did you mean SPAYED?

Thank you! That was the word I was looking for. Maybe if Apple spayed their employees...

 

[sammich]

Uses one of these said accounts to send batch of 128GB iPad 3's to sammich's house.

 

[Lennholm]

And that's what I said in My Post #81

Fair enough, didn't look up the distribution first because I couldn't imagine it was like that. Well, sadly sad sadness

 

[malman89]

oops.

Serious ?

username : Apple

password : foxconn2


Wow.

Epic fail.

/looks around for an epic fail graphic.


Image

It was probably foxconn1 for a while, but the had to be changed due to expiring. Check back on foxconn3 in a bit.

 

[linux2mac]

Internet Explorer strikes again!

Indeed it does. There is a reason why I prefer the security and robustness of *NIX systems (like OSX). According to Digital Trends "Windows — which is the absolute king of malware."

Note: Not my words, just pointing out what Digital Trends claims.

 

[ownamac]

Often a tech company has non-technical staff interfacing with vendors, hence password security fumbled.

 

[Cubytus]

Kind of like when a woman dresses provocatively she deserves to be raped? Or when you leave the front door unlocked you deserve to have your family murdered?

I wouldn't dare answer affirmatively to the first, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first happened. If you want to live in society, you have to somewhat follow its rules, written and unwritten.

To the second question, an unlocked door isn't blatant, so if someone is approaching a door and finds it unlocked, he already must have bad intentions.


As for IE vulnerability... Come on, Chinese people went through skyrocketing growth, but still are using antiquated technology, whereas Western world has massively switched to Firefox for browsing? More secure and more privacy than Chrome's, more widespread than Safari. Success doesn't come by itself.

A post-it sticked to the monitor would have been more secure.

 

[Lennholm]

Indeed it does. There is a reason why I prefer the security and robustness of *NIX systems (like OSX). According to Digital Trends "Windows — which is the absolute king of malware."

Note: Not my words, just pointing out what Digital Trends claims.

Even the most secure operating system can be undermined by the applications running on it.
Just like you to turn this into your favourite pasttime; hating Microsoft.

Better it be IE than Safari, the least secure browser;

http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/10/apples-safari-browser-embarrassed-at-pwn2own-hacked-in-5-seconds/

5 second hack? That's pretty embarrassing.

 

[Peace]

Remember when I posted that I wondered when this hack would be seen as anti-Apple ?

Here ya go :

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/09/10363246-apple-protesters-hit-stores-hack-foxconn