Russian tried to sell access to compromised BBC server, according to report

A Russian hacker took control of a BBC file transfer server and tried to sell access to it on Christmas Day, according to a Reuters report. The attack was apparently detected by a U.S. firm called Hold Security, and the media giant reckons it has now secured the server again. According to the report, there is no evidence that the hacker, known rather unimaginatively as “Hash”, succeeded in finding other miscreants willing to pay him for access to the BBC’s systems.

via Gigaom http://gigaom.com/2013/12/30/russian-tried-to-sell-access-to-compromised-bbc-server-according-to-report/