IP: Nasdaq, Amex Web Sites Vandalized

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I thin k it is time to do two things:

1. be real about security , invest in it not just pay lip service

2. catch those clowns and prosecute them to the full extent of the law

Dave


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Nasdaq-Hacked.html

Nasdaq, Amex Web Sites Vandalized


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Filed at 2:46 p.m. EDT

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers vandalized the Internet sites Wednesday 
for Nasdaq and the American Stock Exchange, but there was no evidence 
they manipulated financial data during the electronic affront to the 
world's markets.
A group calling itself ``United Loan Gunmen'' infiltrated the 
computer running the Web sites for Nasdaq and Amex just after 
midnight.
The hackers left a taunting message -- the high-tech equivalent of 
spray-painting graffiti -- and also claimed to have briefly created 
for itself an e-mail account on Nasdaq's computer