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IP: : Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:06:28 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Brian McWilliams <brian () pc-radio com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:26:29 To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign Dave, Looks like Web site attackers can't even wait until a site is live to deface it these days ... Brian +++ Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175343.html A security breach Tuesday involving Verisign's Network Solutions unit disrupted potentially thousands of domain customers, company officials confirmed today. Attackers compromised a system that hosted thousands of "parked" domains that had been registered through Network Solutions and were still under construction, according to a Verisign representative. Web surfers who typed in the address of any of the affected domains were sent to a black page which featured an image of a mutilated rag doll and the words, "Did Web Pirates domain your domain?" The system, which was running Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) on Windows 2000, was operated by Atlanta-based hosting firm Interland under an outsourcing agreement, according to Verisign spokesperson Pat Burns. [snip] For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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