Major NetSol Password Breach

Feb 10, 2005 - 9:02 am 1 by
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Not exactly SEO/SEM related but this is major enough to mention here. ThreadWatch.org reports on a Major Security Breach - WHOIS DB: Passwords Revealed over at Network Solutions. Basically, if you use NetSol as you register you are/were at risk. Nick Wilson confirmed it:

Confirmed - got sent a few whois queries to try and have seen a whole bunch of user passwords on NetSol - You can Try a Query Here - if your site is registered with NetSol then you may see your passord revealed in the results....

 

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