Implant Sciences' Ticker Hacked on Yahoo Finance Website
September 06, 2016
Implant Sciences working with Yahoo to restore proper ticker symbol.
WILMINGTON, Mass., Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions, announced that the company was made aware today, September 6, 2016, of an apparent hack of the Yahoo Finance Website, which resulted in the IMSC ticker symbol being falsely represented as Zapata Industries. All other trading sites are using the correct symbol for Implant Sciences Corporation, OTCQB:IMSC.
Implant Sciences' shareholders should be advised that there has been no change in the IMSC trading symbol. The potential transaction involving the acquisition of Zapata Industries has not been finalized nor has it been presented to a shareholder vote for consideration. Implant Sciences is pressing Yahoo Finance to resolve this issue quickly and to notify the appropriate authorities to investigate this criminal hack.