John McCain site hacked

Robert Hallock 3 Nov, 2008 at 4:09pm ET Article published in Tech

As of approximately 2:55 PM EST, the official John McCain website has been hacked. Clicking on the event details for McCain’s York, PA Road to Victory Rally reveals a banner announcing that McCain has quit the race and now backs presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Mousing over this banner redirects visitors to Obama’s website with a popup message calling for change.

UPDATE @ 3:13 PM EST: Further examination of the site shows that the JavaScript used to produce the banner appears in the search box for the “FIND” widget.

UPDATE @ 3:15 PM EST: The offending event is no longer accessible via the front page, nor can it be reached by direct URL. It appears the McCain campaign has caught wind of the tampering.

Comments

3 Nov 2008 ~ 3:24pm Snarkasm Oh, this does not bode well.
3 Nov 2008 ~ 3:33pm Linc That part of the site is strangely inaccessible now...
3 Nov 2008 ~ 4:35pm shwaip conspiracy!
3 Nov 2008 ~ 8:45pm Canti I'm only surprised this didn't happen sooner.
4 Nov 2008 ~ 2:32pm Ryan As an Obama supporter, I can say this is pretty low. No need for this!