chrismoyles.net
- Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:40 pm
#86482
WEB AWAITS A HACK ATTACK
Panic set in among the internet community yesterday as government officials warned of an impending hack attack.
The so-called hack-a-thon is scheduled for this Sunday as part of the world’s first global Defacers Challenge.
Lock down your servers because if the defacers succeed then the web’s going to be in utter chaos this Sunday.
The rules are simple: the first to vandalise 6,000 websites (preferably big corporate sites) in a six-hour period wins.
If no contestant reaches that number, the closest will win. The prize is 500 megs of online storage space and a domain name, apparently.
Given that the element of surprise has gone, what with websites upping their security after government warnings, it might turn out to be tougher than expected.
“My hope is this will be the first of many challenges,” says a message on http://www.Defacers-Challenge.com, before the site suspiciously disappeared.
Home net users who don’t run their own websites shouldn’t be affected, although they may notice a marked slowdown in website loading times.
That is, if they are allowed to get away with it. The FBI is hunting the organisers. “Hacking is a crime and those who participate in this activity will be brought to justice,” said a FBI spokesman.
Panic set in among the internet community yesterday as government officials warned of an impending hack attack.
The so-called hack-a-thon is scheduled for this Sunday as part of the world’s first global Defacers Challenge.
Lock down your servers because if the defacers succeed then the web’s going to be in utter chaos this Sunday.
The rules are simple: the first to vandalise 6,000 websites (preferably big corporate sites) in a six-hour period wins.
If no contestant reaches that number, the closest will win. The prize is 500 megs of online storage space and a domain name, apparently.
Given that the element of surprise has gone, what with websites upping their security after government warnings, it might turn out to be tougher than expected.
“My hope is this will be the first of many challenges,” says a message on http://www.Defacers-Challenge.com, before the site suspiciously disappeared.
Home net users who don’t run their own websites shouldn’t be affected, although they may notice a marked slowdown in website loading times.
That is, if they are allowed to get away with it. The FBI is hunting the organisers. “Hacking is a crime and those who participate in this activity will be brought to justice,” said a FBI spokesman.
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