14 DAY TRIAL // Palestinian hackers of KDSM Team, the ones who defaced the websites of Avira, AVG and WhatsApp on Tuesday, also attempted to hijack the site of Avast. However, the company says it took immediate steps and managed to contain the attack.
Avast confirms that the hackers compromised the systems of Network Solutions, which allowed them to change DNS records and redirect the visitors of the aforementioned websites to their own defacement page.
“We ourselves received a notification from Network Solutions saying our email had been changed. We knew we had not requested that so we immediately took action and changed our passwords, which protected us,” stated Vincent Steckler, Avast CEO.
All of the impacted companies are investigating the matter. In the meantime, there’s still no word from Network Solutions regarding the incident.