iPhoneDevSDK web site admits what happened / gives details
Earlier today, we reported that iPhoneDevSDK.com was involved in the hacking that included both FaceBook and Apple having their internal computers hacked.
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Now, the Systems Operator (SYSOP) of the web site – Mr. Eric Romang, has done some investigating and has posted the following statement:
“What we’ve learned is that it appears a single administrator account was compromised. The hackers used this account to modify our theme and inject JavaScript into our site. That JavaScript appears to have used a sophisticated, previously unknown exploit to hack into certain user’s computers.
We’re still trying to determine the exploit’s exact timeline and details, but it appears as though it was ended (by the hacker) on January 30, 2013.
As with Facebook, it’s important to stress that we have no reason to believe user data was compromised.”
In addition, he’s putting the blame on Java for allowing this attack to happen. As you may remember, Apple blocked an update for Java in mid January of this year.
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