Attackers repeatedly hacked VeriSign's network and stole information in 2010, the company revealed in a quarterly regulatory filing.

The Internet infrastructure provider did not disclose what information was stolen or other details of the attacks in its 10-Q report filed in October with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that was reported on by Reuters today.

"In 2010, the Company faced several successful attacks against its corporate network in which access was gained to information on a small portion of our computers and servers," the company wrote. "Information stored on the compromised corporate systems was exfiltrated."

The company said it did not believe attackers had breached the servers that run the domain name system (DNS) network, a key piece of infrastructure that directs people to the correct site when they type in a Web address. A compromise of the DNS system could allow attackers to redirect Web surfers to malicious sites or to intercept government or important e-mail communications.

The disclosure was in the "Risk factors" section of the filing, under a heading titled: "We experienced security breaches in the corporate network in 2010 which were not sufficiently reported to Management."

source from news.cnet.com

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