Hacker breaks into ThrustVPS, launches phishing attack from firm’s own servers

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Virtual private server firm ThrustVPS has taken the unusual step of admitting it had suffered a phishing attack.

Rather than taking the time-honoured solution of just pretending nothing had happened and correcting the issue on the sly, the VPS provider sent an email to customers ‘fessing up to the attack.

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