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Lenovo.com hacked following Superfish debacle

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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Lenovo.com hacked following Superfish debacle
The domain record for Lenovo.com is temporarily hijacked, allowing a hacker to redirect the site to another server under the hacker's control

MANILA, Philippines – Hot on the heels of its issue with Superfish adware being pre-installed on Lenovo netbooks from September 2014 to January 2015, the company’s website – Lenovo.com – was hacked earlier Thursday morning, February 26.

According to a report from The Verge, the domain record appeared to have been hijacked, allowing someone to redirect Lenovo.com to another server under the hacker’s control.

In this case, the attack appeared to have been a defacement of the site, with users seeing what The Verge said was a “slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song ‘Breaking Free’ from High School Musical.” (READ: Lenovo releases tool to remove Superfish vulnerability)

Lenovo.com now appears to be under the control of Lenovo once again, though the site’s front page says it is unavailable. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.
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