Microsoft’s India store hacked – Latest News
The online Microsoft Store in India was hacked – allegedly by a group of Chinese hackers. The big story, though, isn’t that the site was hacked, or that customer data was compromised and exposed by the attackers, but that the Microsoft Store was storing the data in clear text and didn’t take basic steps to protect it in the first place.
The Chinese Evil Shadow Team is apparently a two-man team, who also managed to upload a page to deface the site, as seen below.
Microsoft India has confirmed the attack, and sent out precautionary emails to members. The company reassured users that credit card details and payment information databases were not affected, however, other data may have been exposed, such as order details, and shipping addresses, apart from usernames, e-mail addresses, and passwords.
The store was defaced over the weekend by hackers who claimed to be Chinese. The hackers also released images of what appeared to be lists of users' names and passwords.
sites. Currentlyhttp://www.microsoftstore.co.in/ is close and with message “”" The Microsoft Store India is currently unavailable. Microsoft is working to restore access as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ”"
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