Posted: 12/07/07 - 08:21 Post subject: Database attack leads to site shutdown
A hacking attack on web host Fasthosts has forced the UK firm to shut down some of its customers' websites. Hackers targeted Fasthosts' database, which contains the financial details, email addresses and passwords of over a million businesses for which Fasthosts hosts websites. Whether or how the thieves have used the stolen data is not yet known.