Attack Of The Clowns

It appears that the script kiddies are planning to try to deface a bunch of websites on July 6th.

The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites Sunday in a loosely coordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic.

Organizers established a Web site, defacers-challenge.com, which was shut down early Wednesday evening. Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate. It cautioned that "deface its crime" -- an apparent acknowledgment that vandalizing Internet pages is illegal.

I guess these pathetic fools have nothing better to do than to waste everyone's time and money by monkeying with websites.

You never really know how secure your webhost is until someone tries to attack it. For now, the best advice would be to make sure you have good backups of everything (including your databases) and to make sure you aren't using any default or weak passwords.

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Posted by Aubrey at July 3, 2003 10:30 AM | TrackBack