IP: : Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McWilliams <brian () pc-radio com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:26:29 
To: Dave  Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign

Dave,

Looks like Web site attackers can't even wait until a site is live to 
deface it these days ...

Brian

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Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175343.html

A security breach Tuesday involving Verisign's Network Solutions unit 
disrupted potentially thousands of domain customers, company officials 
confirmed today.

Attackers compromised a system that hosted thousands of "parked" domains 
that had been registered through Network Solutions and were still under 
construction, according to a Verisign representative.

Web surfers who typed in the address of any of the affected domains were 
sent to a black page which featured an image of a mutilated rag doll and 
the words, "Did Web Pirates domain your domain?"

The system, which was running Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) 
on Windows 2000, was operated by Atlanta-based hosting firm Interland under 
an outsourcing agreement, according to Verisign spokesperson Pat Burns.

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