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Internet hackers wreak havoc to protest Iraq war
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 02:47:13 -0600 (CST)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-22mar2003-63.htm 22 Mar 2003 Protesters have stepped up their campaign against war in Iraq on the Internet by defacing many US and UK government and corporate websites. The manager of the Finnish anti-virus software firm F-Secure, Mikko Hypponen, says there were reports of 800 defacements on Friday (local time) alone. "[That is] ten times more than a week ago, which tells me groups are increasingly turning to the Internet to protest," Mr Hypponen said. The messages range from anger over the US military campaign to words of support to troops. A spokesman for F-Secure says an example is the Routeco home page which protesters hacked into to post a photo of protestors burning an American flag with a message read: "Ohh YeaH BabY...Ur SiTe Has BeeN DeFaceD". But they say the impact is minimal, with website operators able to restore sites within hours. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo () attrition org with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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