80371183 Hackers broke into the postal service, NASDAQ
Guide the NASDAQ stock exchange has confirmed that hackers in the service Directors Desk, designed for the exchange of documents and confidential business mail between the companies, which place their shares on NASDAQ. About it writes The Wall Street Journal. The first report of a possible burglary servers NASDAQ appeared on February 5, but the company then refused to officially comment on this information. However a source inside the Nasdaq said that penetration took place, but no harm to the hackers did not inflict. He also compared this hack with the penetration of thieves who "looked like the house, but somehow he got nothing." Official confirmation came on Monday morning. Consequence has not yet found the source of hacker attacks, also remains unclear motivation of attackers. According to one version, they tried to take possession of confidential information, which would give a competitive advantage in the bidding. According to another version, the action of burglary servers NASDAQ was aimed at undermining the reputation of the exchange as a whole. "Over recent years, several incidents occurred which was hit on investor confidence, and this case from the same series" – quoted by Reuters Griscom Tim (Tim Ghriskey), the representative of the investment fund Solaris. Affected by the attack Directors Desk Services has more than 10,000 users. In the NASDAQ noted that the trading network of the stock exchange was not affected by hackers. NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is the largest U.S. electronic stock market and the world's second-largest market capitalization. Total trading volume Nasdaq, according to November 2010 amounted to 954 billion dollars.
