Web.com has promised to beef up its security and hire more staff after
hacktivists hijacked the DNS records it manages and diverted visitors away from websites.
In at least one case it's claimed the miscreants were able to alter the DNS settings simply by sending a fax. In effect, the wags were able to point web surfers at a server other than the one they were trying to access.
The websites for freebie antivirus firms AVG and Avira, computer security toolkit Metasploit, and mobile messaging outfit WhatsApp were all successfully targeted by a pro-Palestine hacking gang on Tuesday.
