"Hacking Group Defaces Faroe Islands Tourist Website, but Kept Out of Government Systems"
The tourist website for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark, was vandalized by a hacker group that claimed to have stolen employee data and other sensitive information. The archipelago of 18 islands has a population of 54,000 and is located between Norway, Iceland, and Scotland's Shetland Islands. A specialist in Information Technology (IT) security with Gjaldstovan, an arm of the island's Ministry of Finance responsible for public IT, finance, and digitization, stated that the "Visit Faroe Islands" website is not operated by the government but is funded by the government. The representative stated that the SeigedSec hacking group compromised the company running the site. The breach primarily involved website modules and programming tools for the tourism company, according to the spokeswoman. They have ties to the government in terms of financing. In addition to the modules and CMS, some personal information was also accessed, such as the names and email addresses of subscribers. This article continues to discuss the defacement of the Faroe Islands tourist website by the SeigedSec hacking group.