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stormwatcheagle
07-06-2003, 02:40 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/03/hacker.warnings.ap/index.html



Organizers established a Web site, defacers-challenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate. The Web site appeared to operate out of California and cautioned to "deface its crime" -- an apparent acknowledgment that vandalizing Internet pages is illegal.

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it was aware of the hackers' plans but did not expect to issue any formal public warnings. The Chief Information Officers Council, part of the Office of Management and Budget, cautioned U.S. agencies and instructed experts to tighten security at federal Web sites.



I was not aware of this. This sounds like it could get pretty nasty. You think anybody's gonna actually try it.

EDIT: looking at the time, i guess i should have said Today could be a rough day for the internet

Kirby of Doom
07-06-2003, 10:15 AM
Good thing CNN advertised this thing. ;)

Master Ghaleon
07-06-2003, 11:08 AM
Some might, but they wont do too much damage

Zorch
07-06-2003, 01:06 PM
Yeah, there would have to be a LOT of them to really start to slow the net down

cyberkiller6276
07-06-2003, 01:53 PM
interesting...i never thought that hackers would be this organized....
i thought they just do there seperate things...

Starkist
07-06-2003, 06:07 PM
If I were a hacker I would hack this contest site....

AlexMax
07-06-2003, 06:21 PM
Give me proof that anyone has been hacked today as a result of this.

Then I'll beleive the hosts and the participants are more than just script kiddies.

Then again, this just upgrades the script kiddies to cracker status. Which isn't that much.

Starkist
07-06-2003, 06:46 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20030706/ap_on_hi_te/hacker_warning

They're just a bunch of stupid kids...

stormwatcheagle
07-06-2003, 06:51 PM
Oh, well that's a relief...