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EU's 'Safer Internet' site hacked

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/216

EU's 'Safer Internet' site hackedSite remains down; Internet safety suffers.

By Kieren McCarthy, The Register June 13, 2001 1:59 PM PT

The European Union's attempt to promote a safer Internet and "tackle the controversial issue of illegal and harmful content on the Internet" has been hacked and is still down a day later.

The unknown hackers left this message on SaferInternet.org: "This is our world! We are god and we make the rulezzzzz Happy finding us! The Netherlands is tha place! www.hal2001.nl". Unobjective egotism aside, the irony is delightful.

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Paul Rogers from MAS Corporate Defence Solutions had this to tell us: "The server is not as secure as it should have been; it would seem some patches hadn't been installed. The VNC, ColdFusion system ports, FTTP access and MS single server port were all open. It was only going to be a matter of time before it was hacked."

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