RE: The Biggest Hacking Incident in Web-Hosting History?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

As Richard pointed out, the number is most probably much, much higher.

- ferg


-- Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:

The stats are fairly astounding

http://www.zone-h.org/en/en/defacements/filter/filter_defacer=iskorpitx/

I'm surprised this hasn't been jumped on by more people.   


Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 3:50 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] The Biggest Hacking Incident in Web-Hosting History?


Via zone-h.

[snip]

Yesterday the Turkish cracker going by the handle "Iskorpitx",
succesfully hacked 21,549 websites in one shot and defaced (on a
secondary page) all of them with a message showing the Turkish flag
(with AtaTurk face on it)...

[snip]

More here:
http://www.zone-h.org/news/read/id=206009

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
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