The timing couldn't be worse for Apple. Just as its new "Get a Mac" ad campaign takes off to rave reviews, stories are flying around the Internet about a hacker name "Dinam," who claims in an online posting that he hacked into Apple Computer's Korean online store, CNET reported yesterday.
The hack job was noticed by Silicon.com, which alerted Apple. Apple removed the hacker's defacement quickly, but Apple remains mum on the issue. CNET reports that Jason Hart, CEO of security company Whitehat UK, told Silicon.com: "The defacer has managed to get administrator access to the Web server."
Hart also told CNET that he believes the the hacker vandalized the site for "self-gratification," but he does think Apple should communicate what happened to its customers to end speculation about the incident.
The hacker forum Zone-h.org documented the hack, which included a dozen lines of code posted to the Apple.co.kr home page. The post on Zone-h.org says Dinam attacked a Mac OS X server running Apache. This type of defacement is not a big deal as long as no customer data was disclosed.
This hack was more of an embarrassment to Apple's security than a danger to Apple's web site users. Apple should tell customers what happened and what steps are being taken to prevent a repeat.
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