Cyber vandals hit DISA sites

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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0528/web-disa-05-28-01.asp

BY George I. Seffers 
May 28, 2001 

In a two-day rampage against U.S. government Web sites, a group of
cyber vandals dubbed PoizonB0x, attacked two sites maintained by the
Defense Information Systems Agency, the organization tasked with
defending military networks.

The attacks, which included the two Defense Department sites and nine
U.S. government sites, were conducted May 24 and 25. The group also
participated in an apparent multi-group attack on California state
sites.

In a terse confirmation of the attack, a DISA spokeswoman replied,
"Yes, two Defense Enterprise Computing Center publicly accessible Web
sites were defaced. The group claiming responsibility was PoisonB0x."
She added that no classified networks were infiltrated and that other
than the defacements, no harm was done.

The two DOD Web sites belonged to DECCs in St. Louis and San Diego,
according to information provided by Attrition.org, a group of
volunteers who maintain a Web site that many information warriors in
the military rely on for news and information about hackers. The
information was confirmed by DISA.

PoizonB0x defaced nine other government Web sites, including:

* The chief information officer of the General Services
  Administration. 

* NASAs Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments. 
* The Arcata [Calif.] Fish and Wildlife Office. 
* The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California. 
* The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.


The group also participated in what appeared to be a multi-group
effort to deface California state government Web sites. Other groups
said to be involved include Hi-Tech Hate and tty0, according to
information provided by Attrition.

In each of the PoizonB0x attacks, the defacements consist of solid
black backgrounds with large white letters stating that "PoizonB0x Wuz
Here."

In response to e-mailed questions, a PoizonB0x representative said it
was a "pice of cake," getting into DISA's systems and that they could
have taken advantage of three or more other vulnerabilities. PoizonB0x
said that DISA apparently was unaware of the penetration and that no
harm was done other than the defacements.

"damage? nope, maybe coz i was a lil drunk and lazy, coz i think i
could execute some viruses or backdoors there. i could also format all
hdds and shutdown the system. and u know, i looked through almost all
papers there and i did find them interesting. and, heh, i had an idea
to edit some of 'em but i decided to leave the system," the
representative said.



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