Hackers Vandalize Drudge Web Site (followup)

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From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () zotgroup com>

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Monday September 13 11:48 PM ET

Hackers Vandalize Drudge Web Site
By TED BRIDIS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hackers who earlier claimed responsibility for computer
attacks against ABC and C-SPAN vandalized the Web site run by Internet
gossip columnist Matt Drudge late Monday.

The group, calling itself ``United Loan Gunmen,'' replaced Drudge's main
page with a message saying they ``take control of Mike (sic) Drudge's data
stockyard to once again show the world that this is the realm of the
hacker.''

Drudge could not be reached immediately for comment.

Although such electronic attacks aren't unusual, it was remarkable for a
little-known hacker group to have claimed responsibility for raids on
three remarkably high-profile Web sites over a period of weeks.

The ``ULG'' group also had claimed responsibility for the defacement of
the Internet site for ABC just weeks ago and for an attack at C-SPAN one
week ago.

It's believed to be relatively newly formed, and its only previously known
attacks have been the ones against C-SPAN and ABC.

The defacement of the Drudge site was first reported on a computer
security Web site, Attrition.Org, which monitors hacking activity on the
Internet.

The vandalism of Drudge's Web site comes during a period of stepped-up
prosecution of hackers by federal authorities.

The Justice Department weeks ago arrested Chad Davis, 19, of Green Bay,
Wis., on charges that he vandalized the Army's Internet site.

And a colleague of Davis', Eric Burns, pleaded guilty recently in federal
court in Virginia to charges that he vandalized a spate of Web pages and
told others earlier this summer how to attack the Internet site run by the
White House. Burns' sentencing was set for Nov. 19.

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