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IP: £35,000 hacking challenge cracked
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:59:10 -0400
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:41:15 -0700 From: Jay Anantharaman <jna () nuance com> Organization: Nuance Communications To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: £35,000 hacking challenge cracked http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010423/152/bmqfd.html A team of computer hackers has captured £35,000 for hacking into a computer system just twenty-four hours after the competition began. Argus Systems organised the competition -- to break into a Web server locked down using its security product called PitBull -- to promote its products and to coincide with the start of Infosec, the UK's premier computer security event. Undeniably, the stunt backfired and is an embarrassment for Argus Systems Group, as well for as security consultant firm Integralis and hardware vendor Fujitsu Siemens, which helped organise the stunt and have coordinated three similar competitions in the US and Germany without suffering setbacks.
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