UK: Internet Pranksters Leave Government Red-Faced

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

Via Yahoo! News (AFP).

[snip]

A British government minister may have thought he was keeping up with
modern trends when he put a draft policy on the Internet, but was soon
left red-faced when hundreds of pranksters defaced it.

Weblogging, techno-savvy Environment Secretary David Miliband, tipped
as a bright young spark in Prime Minister Tony Blair's administration,
had put a draft "environment contract" on his department's website,
setting out social responsibilities for people, government and businesses.

But embarrassed administrators were forced to haul it down after more
than 170 cyber-jokers trashed the document by adding in bizarre
paragraphs for fun.

The page used "Wiki" editing techniques, which allow readers to alter
the content.

A heading of "Who are the parties to the environmental contract?"
became, "Where is the party for the environmental contract? Can I come?
Will there be cake? Hooray!"

[snip]

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060901/tc_afp/britainpolitics

- ferg


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