Hackers pop submarine cable operator Pacnet, probe internal networks
Submarine cable and data centre operator Pacnet was breached last month by hackers rummaging through its corporate network accessing emails and administration systems.
Pacent was recently acquired by Australia's Telstra, which today disclosed the breach of a "critical server" and is now informing customers and regulators about the mess.
Telstra security chief Mike Burgess said there is no evidence that customer data is impacted but says it is not yet known what data if any was stolen. "The initial point of compromise was the result of an SQL injection against a web application server and they exploited that to drop server code to do what they wanted to do next," Burgess told Vulture South.
