NIIT Technologies GIS subsidiary's server hacked by Tigers of Indian Cyber (TIC)
May 26, 2011
NIIT Technologies GIS subsidiary 's server hacked by Tigers of Indian Cyber (TIC) A server belonging to NIIT GIS Limited, an NIIT Technologies subsidiary, was compromised last week using a SQL injection attack by a hacking group calling itself the 'Tigers of Indian Cyber' (TIC). TIC posted the disclosure in an open security forum giving proof of concept, and a complete list of account credentials. It has since come to light that NIIT GIS' server was compromised — not the servers at NIIT Technologies. The breach was independently verified by Omair, a security consultant with Network Intelligence India (NII). Omair said that the hack was genuine, and was verified with the link posted by TIC as proof of concept. "The executed query enumerates expected information from the database tables," says Omair. Initial communication with NIIT Technologies revealed that the company was ignorant of the situation. After being informed by SearchSecurity.in of the particulars, the breach was detec...