Sunday, 08 February 2026

In a recent public disclosure via pastebin.com TeamGhostShell claimed to have stolen 1.6 million records off public websites such as NASA, FBI and more under a project named “Project White Fox.”

An open letter that TeamGhostShell published states that the campaign is more of an effort to encourage Hacktivism rather than focus on a target like other groups usually do. Below is an analysis of the hack that occurred and how it was carried out by Imperva:

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Data vulnerability announcements have been rising steadily for both enterprise and government organisations for years. By some accounts, there are as many as 22,000 new malware threats unleashed per day.

Attackers are improving their exploitation tactics greatly, whether to display pop-up advertisements, install spyware to spy on users’ Web browsing habits, insert Trojans or, in this case, use cleverly crafted queries designed to steal passwords and log-in information.

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London: It’s that time of year again when the IT security industry looks at how the year has developed and predicts what is in store for the industry. Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson, the leading provider of enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions, suggests that 2013 should be the year when you take control of your IT systems with the explosion of BYOD and cloud computing.

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