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WASC Web Hacking Incidents Database
Wed, Jan 26, 2011 7:50 PM
WHID 2011-27: FarmVille possibly hacked
Entry Title: WHID 2011-27: FarmVille possibly hacked
WHID ID: 2011-27
Date Occurred: January 26, 2011
Attack Method: Unknown
Application Weakness: Insufficient Authorization
Outcome: Disinformation
Attacked Entity Field: Web 2.0
Attacked Entity Geography:
Incident Description: For those who aren't normally lurking the FarmVille
forums, they've been in an uproar over a FarmVille player known as Ekşın
Man. According to several forum users, this player has been posting messages
on their Walls via the FarmVille app, but none of them are actually friends
with him.
Mass Attack: No
Reference: http://blog.games.com/2011/01/26/farmville-possibly-hacked/
Attack Source Geography:
WHID 2011-27: FarmVille possibly hacked
Entry Title: WHID 2011-27: FarmVille possibly hacked
WHID ID: 2011-27
Date Occurred: January 26, 2011
Attack Method: Unknown
Application Weakness: Insufficient Authorization
Outcome: Disinformation
Attacked Entity Field: Web 2.0
Attacked Entity Geography:
Incident Description: For those who aren't normally lurking the FarmVille
forums, they've been in an uproar over a FarmVille player known as Ekşın
Man. According to several forum users, this player has been posting messages
on their Walls via the FarmVille app, but none of them are actually friends
with him.
Mass Attack: No
Reference: http://blog.games.com/2011/01/26/farmville-possibly-hacked/
Attack Source Geography: