[Resolved][Severity: Moderate][Credential abuse]

Kagoshima University: intruders logged into its Faculty of Education website and altered the site map page

The website of Kagoshima University's Faculty of Education was logged into without permission, and its site map page was altered to show posts from abroad.

Disclosed

2020-03-13

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

A third party logged into the Faculty of Education website and rewrote its site map page to carry posts from abroad. The university disclosed this on 2020-03-13. [1]

Impact

The university confirmed that viewing the altered page did not infect visitors. The site collects no visitor data, so there was no risk of a leak, it said. [1]

Timeline

Disclosed 2020-03-13
1 days

Attack or cause

Method: [Credential abuse]
Impact: [Site defacement]
Entry point: Web app

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

[Breached][Moderate]Kagoshima, KagoshimaEducation and learning support
Kagoshima University

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Kagoshima University	[Breached]	[Moderate]	Kagoshima, Kagoshima	Education and learning support	Unknown

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Sources

[1][News]教育学部の公式サイト、海外からサイトマップ改ざん（鹿児島大学）ScanNetSecurity · 2020-03-17 08:00