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Gun control Web site back after hack
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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:06:02 -0500
http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500219666-500313067-501749018-0,00.html The Associated Press WASHINGTON (June 22, 2000 2:25 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - The Violence Protection Center, a gun-control group, is back online after a hacker stole its Internet address and defaced its Web site with pro-gun slogans. The Washington-based group had not been able to receive e-mail nor modify its site since Sunday. Web site visitors were redirected to a different page containing obscenities and pro-gun slogans. Network Solutions, based in Herndon, Va., was alerted Tuesday to the problem and fixed it. Web addresses are stolen frequently, according to a spokesman, as hackers use faked e-mail or false letterhead to fool Network Solutions into linking the Web address with a different server. While hijacked, a colleague sent an e-mail to a VPC address only to have the hacker respond. Information in the e-mail pointed to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. VPC spokeswoman Naomi Seligman said the group was working with the FBI in an effort to catch the culprit. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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