"Crimeserver" Full of Personal/Business Data Found

Presto Vivace sends news of a server found by security firm Finjan that contained a 1.4-GB cache of stolen data, accumulated over a period of less than a month from compromised PCs around the world. The "crimeserver," as Finjan dubs it, "provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers. ... The stolen data consisted of 5,388 unique log files including 1,037 from Turkey, 621 from Germany, 571 from the United States, 322 from France, 308 from India and 232 from Britain." Oddly enough, the data was stored in the open, with not even basic auth to protect it. Finjan notes in their press release that this huge trove of data gathered over a short period of time indicates that the crimeware problem is far larger than most observers have been assuming. Update: 05/08 12:29 GMT by T : Note, the security firm involved is spelled "Finjan," not "Finjin" as originally shown.

Comments

Re:WTF

[Bryansix]

If it's that easy, I'm gonna try it....

I'll make sure to alert the authorities.

Re:Where do you think the data came from

[antic]

Can you at least obfuscate my email address if you're going to be so rude as to post it publically? Plus the screensaver was really quite super cool.

Re:WTF

[commodoresloat]

Maybe the guy's server was pawned Why would you take a server with all that valuable data to a pawn shop?

Yep

[Cryacin]

The news is that this stuff is now as easy to use as a 9mm. Yep - Standard point and click interface.