January 11th, 2019 | Cybersecurity Daily
On January 11th, 2019, the McManus Lab website at the University of California San Francisco was hacked by HT45TP from the Dark Side Team. The attack led to the defacement of the site. Details of the incident, including the archive of the defaced page and the cyber attack report, are provided below.
Hacker Details:
- Hacker Name: HT45TP
- Hacker Group: Dark Side Team
Website Details:
- URL: https://mcmanuslab.ucsf.edu/sites/mcmanuslab.ucsf.edu/files/resumes/yy.txt
- System: Linux
- Web Server: CloudFlare
- IP Address: 104.17.93.1
- Location: United States
Incident Details:
- Date: January 11th, 2019, 19:01:50 WIB
- Proof of Concept: Configuration / admin. mistake
- Reason: Political reasons
- Archive Page: https://defacer.id/mirror/id/34021
- Cyber Attack Report’s Page: https://defacer.id/cyber-attack-report/34021
Proof of Concept: The attack exploited a configuration or administrative mistake, which allowed unauthorized access to the site.
Reason: The attack was motivated by political reasons, though specific details of the political context have not been provided.