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[defaced-commentary] UK Labour Party web site ownx0red by allah


From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:12:54 -0500 (CDT)

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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:57:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
To: defaced-commentary () attrition org
Subject: [defaced-commentary] UK Labour Party web site ownx0red by allah 

From: "Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]" <w.naef () iwar org uk>

Mirror of Defacement
http://www.zone-h.org/defaced/2003/06/16/www.labour.org.uk/

Original site:
http://www.labour.org.uk/

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DEFACEMENT DETAILS

Date/time: 2003/06/16 05:09

Defacer: allah

Domain: http://www.labour.org.uk

Mirror: ./defaced/2003/06/16/www.labour.org.uk/

IP address: 152.114.65.200

System: SolarisSunOS

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2993550.stm

Last Updated: Monday, 16 June, 2003, 10:35 GMT 11:35 UK

Labour website hacked

What greeted visitors to the site

The UK Labour Party's official website has fallen victim to hackers.  On
Monday morning the site's usual content of Labour Party news was replaced
by an image of US President George Bush carrying his dog with Tony Blair's
head superimposed on it.

The hacked material was removed from the site by 0945.

That meant visitors were again able to read the latest Labour Party news -
on this occasion new health secretary John Reid's claim to have been "a
Blairite before Blair was ever heard of".

...

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