PhotoBucket DNS Hacked

The popular photo-sharing site PhotoBucket had its domain photobucket.com highjacked in June, reported The Register.

A Turkish hacking group called NetDevilz gained access to the domain’s DNS settings and changed the nameservers to send site visitors to a different site.

PhotoBucket drew criticism for not acknowledging the hack. According to ThatDanny, PhotoBucket said nothing initially, then finally posted an announcement blaming “an error in our DNS hosting services.” This kind of head-in-the-sand approach creates suspicion and mistrust among users.

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