FYI.
- paul
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>Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 15:29:42 -0500 (EST)
>From: Edupage Editors <educom @
elanor .
oit .
unc .
edu>
>Subject: Edupage, 31 December 1996
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>AIR FORCE WEB PAGE HACKED INTO BY VANDALS
>The U.S. Air Force's home page on the World Wide Web < http://www.af.mil >
>was broken into Monday afternoon and replaced with a pornographic image,
>obscenities, and anti-government tirades. Identifying himself only as a
>23-year-old San Diego "business man," the individual who claimed
>responsibility for the invasion told a reporter by telephone: "This was a
>complete server takeover. We literally could have dismantled all the
>electronic information, including e-mail." The man said that he and the
>individuals who participated with him in the vandalism "didn't do any
>damage," and claimed that, "We did it simply to show them you've got to
>upgrade security. The security is simply pathetic on government systems,
>and it's not stopping anyone. One of the people involved in the actual
>break-in was only 15. A foreign government could go through that security
>in a few minutes." He gave himself only 50-50 odds of not being caught, and
>predicted: "The government is going to treat this very, very seriously.
>The illegality of this is extreme." The Air Force Office of Special
>Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigations are investigating
>the break-in. (New York Times 31 Dec 96 A9)
>
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