Adidas website hacked

Attackers on the Web are now more active than ever. This year is generally rich in various events related to information security. All sorts of different incidents, from the appearance of the Stuxnet worm to the multiple hacking of various Sony services - all this happened exactly this year. Now another large company has suffered from the actions of hackers (meaning the negative meaning of this term). Adidas shut down its own site on Sunday evening after hackers launched a successful attack.

At the time of writing the news, the Adidas site is not working, so, as far as one can judge, the attack is really large-scale. Currently, all available information is contained in a published Adidas management appeal stating that the company's experts are investigating the incident. Unfortunately, it is unclear whether hackers were able to get a database of registered users of Adidas services or not. The site does not work not because of hackers, but on the initiative of the company. The management decided to disable the main and all additional sites and services for the duration of the investigation.

It all started on November 3rd, when, according to company representatives, hackers were able to gain access to the CMS management of the main site. The attack affected the company's online stores, plus its Reebok subsidiary services. Almost immediately after the discovery of the attack, the site was disconnected. Now some services and subsidiary sites are gradually returning to online, but the main site of the company is still not working.

Nevertheless, experts are working to provide all kinds of security measures that can protect the company’s website, and the users registered there, from hackers. In general, the management made the right decision - it’s better to really disconnect everything first and check from the internal network, rather than let the site and services work, knowing that hackers continue to “work” with the servers.

Viatechworld