“It seems like it has been a while since we were witnessing major hacks on corporate websites, but an entity calling themselves the ‘Outlaw Group’ has successfully defaced a Microsoft site. The MS Press site for the UK has been pulled for now, but so-called crackers managed to get access to the site and modify text on the page. The changes made were minimal, including three repetitions of ‘Owned by Outlaw Group,’ and a title of ‘Owned Outlaw Group by Pharoeste e WolfBlack.’ The majority of the page was not modified, but the breach is clearly an embarrassment to the company. No word from Microsoft on the matter, yet,” Ken ‘Caesar’ Fisher reports for Ars Technica.
Full article and links to screen shots of the defaced page here.
Well ain’t that a pitty.
I bet they’re using Windows Server 2003.
Hahhh ha.
According to Netcraft, they are running Win2k3 – and IIS 6 (crap).
Sputnik, where are you???
Bill Gates sez that security is the number one concern for Microsoft…
I thought Microsoft’s websites were all owned by an outlaw group. Am I missing something?
This shouldn’t cause a problem at all. They will just use shadow volume copy to replace the files, without having to call tech support!
And Gates sez Microsoft is more secure because it is hacked so much. Kinda like saying a hooker is better at being celibate.
The best way to keep an IIS server hacker proof is by unplugging the ethernet cable lol
Dave H
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Whenever I am having trouble evangelizing (you know, Macs are toys, there is no software, schools should get rid of them and use what the real world uses, I can do all the graphics on my PC, they cost too much, etc.), I ask how they like doing business with convicted criminals. This usually elicits a double take, a couple of mouth flaps, and then silence.
Sometimes the last word is the best you can do.
Mike
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=microsoft+found+guilty&as;_oq=&as;_eq=&lr;=&as_ft=i&as;_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as;_sitesearch=&safe=images
Haha, security is a huge focus at MicroShit. Not we know!
Ok, we all know how shitty MIcroScheisse is, think about how liable they would be if they were a car company! They’d already be out of business! Boy, people are stupid.
If W2k/IIs 6 is crap why does the “real IT world” use it.
The wonderful tools ASP and the new .NET framework allow creation of the most progressive web sites available today! Try creating the functionality of a cutting edge Windows server site on any other platform.
As for security it is great, I am sure that a password was given to these thugs.
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