Alicia Keys’ Myspace Page Hacked

The MySpace pages of Alicia Keys and other musicians have been hacked. The discovery came after users reported that the Alicia Keys page was blocked. The pages were flagged by users of Exploit Prevention Labs’ Linkscanner Software, which blocks pages containing malicious codes. When a visitor views the page, it would try to install malware on the visitor’s computer if there is no protection against it. If it can install the malware, then the user is asked to install a fake codec to see a video. The user is also in trouble if they click anywhere on the page, including ads, that are not a legitimate link, because the page would still try to install malicious codes.

Because the attack happened to many different pages, they don’t think that MySpace is involved in the hacks and the domain of the hackers is registered to Xiamen Hua Shang Sheng Shi Network Co. Ltd, in Xiamen, Fuji. They also don’t think that it is people trying to get the user names and passwords of the pages. MySpace says that it has taken care of the problem and they have removed the source of the phishing attempt and restored the celebrity profiles.