Another hack of Idaho state websites, but no data taken

The weekend hacking of Idaho state treasurer websites was part of a much broader — and apparently continuing — “mischief” attack that probed websites for security holes to deface pages.

But the intruders who attacked the sites in Idaho and elsewhere did not otherwise compromise site security, and did not get access to databases with user information.

Nor would visitors to the four affected treasurer sites actually have seen the hacked pages unless they called them up by exact name. Those pages, intended to replace each site’s home page, were uploaded via a security exploit, but other security settings prevented users from being automatically redirected to them, the office said Tuesday.

The group known as Team System Dz hijacks webpages to post pro-Islamic State messages. It publicized its most recent successful hacks on a Facebook page, until the page was taken down Tuesday afternoon, and on a site that tracks website defacements.

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