Defacer?s Challenge - GoFuckYourself.com

greentea · 07-06-2003, 03:35 AM

Ready to face the defacer

WASHINGTON, July 5. ? Companies around the world are on alert against a threatened wave of cyber attacks on their computers tomorrow but many experts say the so-called ?Defacer?s Challenge? could be a hacker?s hoax.

The site announcing the challenge has been taken off the Internet but the authorities in the USA and computer security experts have asked companies to ensure that their systems are not vulnerable.The international hacking contest is scheduled to begin tomorrow. The original announcement on defacers-challenge.com promised points to hackers who breached an organisation?s server and defaced its web pages. The challenge aimed to deface up to 6,000 websites over six hours, security experts said. Internet Security Systems Inc. and other leading consultants have issued warnings to clients. ?Website administrators should ensure that their sites are not vulnerable,? said Mr Peter Allor of ISS, an Atlanta-based company that runs the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Centre.

Authorities have sounded alerts. The US homeland security department said it was monitoring events but would not issue a formal warning because it did not know if the threat was serious. ? AFP

AdultNex · 07-06-2003, 03:37 AM

It was a hoax.

greentea · 07-06-2003, 03:39 AM

I guess tommorow we will find out.

Xplicit · 07-06-2003, 03:40 AM

Quote:

It was a hoax.

Odds are.

goBigtime · 07-06-2003, 04:00 AM

I've seen a bunch of sites defaced already... I'm in other room now (no links handy).... let me think... abovetopsecret.com?

Yup. Theres one http://www.abovetopsecret.com/

keyDet79 · 07-06-2003, 06:36 AM

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Originally posted by goBigtime
I've seen a bunch of sites defaced already... I'm in other room now (no links handy).... let me think... abovetopsecret.com?

Yup. Theres one http://www.abovetopsecret.com/

Thousands of sites get defaced every day, no big deal.

07-06-2003, 03:35 AM	#1
greentea Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 6,580	Defacer?s Challenge Ready to face the defacer WASHINGTON, July 5. ? Companies around the world are on alert against a threatened wave of cyber attacks on their computers tomorrow but many experts say the so-called ?Defacer?s Challenge? could be a hacker?s hoax. The site announcing the challenge has been taken off the Internet but the authorities in the USA and computer security experts have asked companies to ensure that their systems are not vulnerable.The international hacking contest is scheduled to begin tomorrow. The original announcement on defacers-challenge.com promised points to hackers who breached an organisation?s server and defaced its web pages. The challenge aimed to deface up to 6,000 websites over six hours, security experts said. Internet Security Systems Inc. and other leading consultants have issued warnings to clients. ?Website administrators should ensure that their sites are not vulnerable,? said Mr Peter Allor of ISS, an Atlanta-based company that runs the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Centre. Authorities have sounded alerts. The US homeland security department said it was monitoring events but would not issue a formal warning because it did not know if the threat was serious. ? AFP __________________ blunts

07-06-2003, 03:39 AM	#3
greentea Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 6,580	I guess tommorow we will find out. __________________ blunts

07-06-2003, 03:37 AM	#2
AdultNex Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bostonnnn Posts: 8,985	It was a hoax.

07-06-2003, 04:00 AM	#5
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	I've seen a bunch of sites defaced already... I'm in other room now (no links handy).... let me think... abovetopsecret.com? Yup. Theres one http://www.abovetopsecret.com/