Russian Hacker Breaches CNET Servers

One of the world’s most popular technology review websites CNET had to clean a Russian hacker out of some of its servers over the weekend. A user going by the name of w0rm and the handle @rev-priv8 posted an image of remote access to a CNET.com server, with a screenshot of a shell proving a compromise of the site. CNET isn’t saying much at the minute about the nature of the attack or the data that may or may not have been stolen. “Here’s the situation, a few servers were accessed.  We identified the issue and resolved it yesterday.  We will continue to monitor,” said Jen Boscacci, senior manager of corporate communications at CNET, on Sunday. The image posted on Twitter would indicate the hacker could access and upload files to the website. It’s pretty difficult to say how they did it, though. One source suggested it was likely a content management system breach – something like a WordPress or Joomla exploit.