Lenovo site hacked by Lizard Squad
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 02/25/2015 05:18 PM
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Lenovo's official website has allegedly been hacked by Lizard Squad members Rory Andrew Godfrey and Ryan King.
Earlier today people attempting to access the page were greeted with a slideshow of webcam pics of kids sitting at their computer, along with a link to a Twitter account claiming to represent the hacker group Lizard Squad — all set to the sounds of “Breaking Free” from High School Musical.
Apparently the reference to King and Godfrey was contained in the Source code of the hacked webpage obtained by the Hacker News, in which the description says,"The new and improved rebranded Lenovo website featuring Ryan King and Rory Andrew Godfrey."
King and Godfrey have been previously identified as Lizard Squad members. I think it seems a bit suspicious that they are readily identifying themselves, perhaps it may be someone attempting to expose members of the group for whatever reason. But regardless, not a great week for Lenovo with the publicity from Superfish.
The DailyTechWhip reached out to Lenovo about the situation, but have not received a response yet.
The site is still suffering from the attack at this time. The hijacked link to the slideshow is contained within the heading that directs you on how to remove the Superfish vulnerability at the top of the page. We ran it in VMWare to grab the posted screenshot.
Earlier today people attempting to access the page were greeted with a slideshow of webcam pics of kids sitting at their computer, along with a link to a Twitter account claiming to represent the hacker group Lizard Squad — all set to the sounds of “Breaking Free” from High School Musical.
Apparently the reference to King and Godfrey was contained in the Source code of the hacked webpage obtained by the Hacker News, in which the description says,"The new and improved rebranded Lenovo website featuring Ryan King and Rory Andrew Godfrey."
King and Godfrey have been previously identified as Lizard Squad members. I think it seems a bit suspicious that they are readily identifying themselves, perhaps it may be someone attempting to expose members of the group for whatever reason. But regardless, not a great week for Lenovo with the publicity from Superfish.
The DailyTechWhip reached out to Lenovo about the situation, but have not received a response yet.
The site is still suffering from the attack at this time. The hijacked link to the slideshow is contained within the heading that directs you on how to remove the Superfish vulnerability at the top of the page. We ran it in VMWare to grab the posted screenshot.
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