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Subject: [ISN] KSE site hacked on day of launching
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2012-05-18 10:14:07
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Arab Times
18/05/2012
KUWAIT CITY, May 17: The website of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) was
hacked on the day it was launched, reports Al-Jaridah daily quoting
reliable sources.
They disclosed that the hackers managed to copy all data from the
website before deleting them. The website administration team contacted
an international technical team to eliminate all loopholes and
strengthen the security of the website.
The sources added that the homepage of the new website had a technical
error which enabled the hackers to access the database and which will
allow them in the future to retrieve the password if this technical
error is not resolved.
They said the manager of KSE Faleh Al-Raqba was aware of this incident
but he did not reveal it publicly since this issue meant the
confidentiality agreement with their clients was breached with the
disclosure of the client transactions.
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