Security firmKasperskyhas downplayed claims that
its US website was hacked at the weekend, exposing a database
containing customer details.
A hacker claimed in a
blog posting that he was able to access Kasperky's databases
containing a customer details including users, administrators,
activation codes and e-mail addresses.
A
posting on Hackers Blog said the SQL injection vulnerability in
usa.kaspersky.com is very real, but Kaspersky "does not need to
worry about us spreading their confidential stuff".
"Our staff will never save or keep any confidential data, we
just point our fingers to big websites with security problems," the
posting said.
Kaspersky has admitted a vulnerability in a section of the
usa.kaspersky.com site, but said the problem was fixed within half
an hour of detection, according to
The Tech Herald.
"The vulnerability was not critical and no data was compromised
from the site," the company said in a statement.