Hackers 'hack' tickets to Macworld Conference

Along with VIP guests and those who pay nearly $ 2,000 to listen to the speech of Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, at Macworld Conference and Exhibition last week, a hacker just said he took advantage of the vulnerability in the registration website to Get a VIP ticket to the door.

The highest VIP ticket for Macworld Conference is priced at $ 1,695 / person, including a priority seat to listen to Steve Jobs's speech, in which this CEO introduced some new Apple products, typically the iPhone new.

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs

According to a security expert named Kurt Grutzmacher, it is not too difficult to get a special card code because it is stored on the Macworld website and is not strictly protected.

Show the Macworld Conference organizer - IDG World Expo still confirms or denies information about the hack. IDG spokesman, Charlotte McCormack, said the company had no comments yet. Meanwhile, a representative of Registration Control Systems, which is hired to handle online registration for the Macworld event, shipped all IDG-related questions to answer.

According to experts, the vulnerability arises from IDG inserting JavaScript code into the event registration page to make registration tasks more intuitive. However, these JavaScript fragments have revealed how to handle priority code, and hackers have discovered this.