Foxconn hacked over factory conditions
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Even as protesters delivered petitions to a number of Apple stores over factory conditions at supplier Foxconn, the Chinese company grappled with a security breach.
Login details for Foxconn's entire staff, including that of CEO Terry Gou, were leaked online by hackers. Calling itself Swagg Security, the hackers announced their actions in a series of Twitter alerts. The passwords apparently gave access to a number of Foxconn servers hosting intranet sites for its clients. Unauthorized users could then make fradulent orders on behalf of Foxconn's clients, which includes top tech companies such as Dell, IBM and Microsoft.
Foxconn has since shut down the affected servers, but the company and its most prominent client, Apple, remain in the spotlight over working conditions at factories operated by the Chinese contract manufacturer. With the iPad 3 reportedly coming out next month, the launch event could be overshadowed by these protests.
Via The Guardian
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After years of reviewing the innards of PCs in his previous job, Senior Writer Vincent Chang has moved on to covering notebooks and PC systems at CNET Asia. A big reader of sci-fi and fantasy, he has accepted the inevitable and gone down the e-book route, though he's still resisting the siren call of the Kindle.
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