SwaggSec hacks Foxconn, uses unpatched IE

Foxconn has made it to the news again, but this time they happen to be the victims. 9to5Mac reports that the company‘s ...

February 10, 2012 / 10:00 IST

Foxconn has made it to the news again, but this time they happen to be the victims. 9to5Mac reports that the company’s website was hacked by a group, called SwaggSec. They managed to hack into Foxconn’s internal network through an unpatched copy of Internet Explorer used by one of Foxconn’s employees. The hacker group created a 6 MB file and shared it on torrent sites like Demonoid and The Pirate Bay, which contained login and password details for Foxconn’s e-mail servers, intranets, and various other sites affiliated with the company.

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first published: Feb 10, 2012 09:53 am

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