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SwanLady
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 Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:50 am Post subject: HACKING INCIDENTS ON THE NET ON THE RISE |
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I was listening to Encarlo this morning (local talk show host) interviewing "Protest Warriors" rep. from Dallas, Tx. The rep. says their website has been hacked by a leftist-anarchist group. Protest Warriors exist to counter the leftist protest groups. This seems to be a common thread of those who oppose anything that makes Kerry look bad. Earlier this month, for example, hackers played games with Amazon.com IN RESPONSE TO AMAZON MAKING THE SWIFTIES BOOK AVAILABLE:
| Quote: | Amazon.com Hacked Yet Again on Swift Boat Book?
Posted Aug 11, 2004
One day after the mainstream media ran an AP story slamming, Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., one of the co-authors of #1 bestselling Unfit for Command, someone at Amazon.com has oddly removed the primary author, John O'Neill, and listed the book as if Corsi were the sole author.
"There seems to be a pattern here," stated Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing. "We are encouraging Amazon to find who is making these unauthorized changes. It really is quite disturbing to think that someone can modify Amazon's information so easily."
This is the third such "unexplained" tampering in just three days.
The first occurred when someone at Barnes & Noble's site (BandN.com), altered the name from Unfit for Command to Fit for Command, and changed the jacket photo from the published version to a very pro-Kerry, war-hero version, worthy of a John Wayne movie poster.
The next alteration occurred at Amazon.com, where a derogatory quote about the Swift Boat vets by Sen. John McCain was prominently yet erroneously shown in the Amazon's "Editorial Review" section.
The first two tamperings have been repaired. As of press time, Amazon.com had not yet corrected the erroneous author listing.
Despite these and other direct attacks by liberal detractors to censor the veterans' messages, Unfit for Command continues to be the #1 bestselling book on both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com, and will undoubtedly be a New York Times bestseller once books hit bookstores over the coming days. |
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SwanLady
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Wing Wiper
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Hacking a commercial site is now quite a serious crime. Wouldn't it be funny if that was the DNCs undoing? Most law enforcement agencies are pretty conservative, with a lot of ex-vets. Somebody's desperate and getting stupid.  |
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SwanLady
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| Wing Wiper wrote: | | Hacking a commercial site is now quite a serious crime. Wouldn't it be funny if that was the DNCs undoing? Most law enforcement agencies are pretty conservative, with a lot of ex-vets. Somebody's desperate and getting stupid. |
We can expect to see more of this, sadly. And because of technological advances, even though some of these hackers are openly saying "I did it" and taking blame (though not using their real names) it's gotten harder to discover who the hackers are or wherefrom they hacketh.
I have already been told that there's anti-swiftie trolls coming on here. I hope the administrator of the website is on his or her toes! I have seen "pro-bush" websites get hacked already (scuttlebutt has it Sean Hannity's website was hacked a few weeks ago).
Message boards are a prime target for hackers because phpbb is fairly easy to crack.
HEADS UP, GUYS!!! Keep your eyes open!
I also think they need MODERATORS on here. Some people who have the time to go through threads and make sure that trolls aren't having a heydey (as yet they're apparently not) but I suspect as this board gets more momentum (and it will) we can see an influx of weirdoes. |
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carpro
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In case you hadn't noticed, this forum is well moderated.
Thank you for your concern.
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