Hacker compromises Royal Navy data security

The official Royal Navy website was shut down yesterday (8th November) after a hacker compromised its DATA SECURITY
Computer details of former and current defence staff were posted online by an unknown Romanian citizen known only via his codename as TinKode.
The hacker, who claims to have committed the breach after detailing the incident on his blog, posted the "hash values" for staff passwords on the internet.
These hash values are essentially a key for cybercriminals to enable them to easily crack user passwords.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the breach did not result in any malicious damage.
Rik Ferguson, a cyber security analyst at the company Trend Micro, said: "It's always embarrassing when something public is successfully hacked and should serve as a warning to anyone who has a presence online to take all the necessary steps to secure their websites."
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