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U.N. Site Defaced By Hackers

by Terrence O'Brien on August 13, 2007 at 10:04 AM

UN Site Defaced by Hackers

"Hacked By kerem125 M0sted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Ysrail and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war." Sure, it's barely English, but nevertheless it's the nearly-incomprehensible message of a hacker who infiltrated the official web site of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday.

Several pages within the Secretary General's site were replaced with this message criticizing Israeli and U.S. policies. The hackers have unleashed their 'CyberProtests' on other sites, including those of Toyota and Harvard. At least one of the attackers has previously claimed to be from Turkey.

After the attack was spotted, the original pages containing speeches and statements from Ban Ki-moon were restored within hours.

From The BBC

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