National Vulnerability Database falls victim to hackers
The National Vulnerability Database's (NVD) public-facing website has been taken down following the discovery of malware on two of its servers.
The malware was discovered on 8 March. According to a spokesperson for the NVD, the attack was caused by a software vulnerability within the groups servers. The discovery forced the NVD and other National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) websites to be taken down for repairs.
"On Friday March 8, a NIST firewall detected suspicious activity and took steps to block unusual traffic from reaching the Internet," wrote a groups spokesperson in a statement sent into V3. "NIST began investigating the cause of the unusual activity and the servers were taken offline. Malware was discovered on two NIST Web servers and was then traced to software vulnerability."
