Hacker-lover revealed Shop Symantec

Increasingly, it appears that those who should best understand the dangers of the Internet, casually refer to the protection of their own online resources - whether providers are stored in the open web access logs of the client or the actual developers of systems, cyber-security.

Recently, a hacker broke into an amateur online store anti-virus software manufacturer Symantec, reports Softpedia. Responsibility for the hacking took the well-known in certain circles Romanians named Unu, published a post about this in his blog.

Jack of all trades from Romania had already lit up, crashing websites of antivirus companies: this year, he likewise made nervous by Kaspersky Lab. In addition, the same hacker has found a number of vulnerabilities in the applications to work with Facebook.

At this time the "lucky» Symantec: hackers use SQL-injection to obtain access to the database site pcd.symantec.com. As a result, he managed to get a lot of important information, including data about customers and their purchases, as well as the database directory store. However, interestingly, passwords are stored in an unencrypted form.

"It is strange that a company that distributes security software, including the famous anti-virus Norton, is taken to protect someone, but she can not defend itself" - lamented Unu.

Representatives of Symantec acknowledged the vulnerability, and added that the incident affected only users from Japan and South Korea. All other consumer software companies around the world need not worry.