Re: RIAA defaced -again!

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Forwarded from: The Unknown Security Person...

[With apologies to Murray Langston...  ;)  - WK] 

I think it is obvious that the RIAA has the resources to stop these
defacements.  Has anybody considered the possibility that maybe the
RIAA wants their web site to be hacked repeatedly?  They could use
such events to help paint a more convincing, darker picture of their
"enemies", and they could use these hacks as ammunition in court and
before Congress to help justify stricter laws, more freedom for the
RIAA to take offensive action themselves, etc.  Also, the RIAA might
get more sympathy from judges and lawmakers, and even some of the
general public.

When kids deface the RIAA web site and provide links to filesharing
software, then that software is consequently going to be associated
with criminal activity and criminals.

Regards,
USP




http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28817.html

By Drew Cullen
Posted: 11/01/2003 at 22:06 GMT

Reader reports are flooding in that the RIAA.org has been defaced -
again. At time of writing, the site appears to be down, And several
readers have been kind enough to include screen grabs, showing that
the front page today carried the following message.

RIAA - 0wn3d by.... ;p
oooh riaa want's to hack Filesharing Users / Servers ? - better lern
to secure your own server...
Sorry Admin - had to deactivate ur accounts - they'll be reactivated
after 2 hours

greetz : Rage_X, BRAiNBUG, SyzL0rd, BSJ, PsychoD + all the others who
want to stay anonymous :]
wanna contact ? mailto:h4x0r0815 () mail ru

Underneath the greets, there is a list of RIAA 'recommended'
file-sharing tools, such as KaZaA and eDonkey. Downloads from these
sites are 'sponsored by www.riaa.org'.

The RIAA site has been hacked four times in recent months. Surely,
they should have figured out how to put a stop to this by now?



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