Microsoft.com Hacked and Defaced

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
It has been reported that Microsoft Press has been defaced this evening by a group named "Outlaw Group". Although the group doesn't seem to have caused much damage, this is clearly an embarassment for Microsoft.com webmasters.
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Source: Microsoft

Comments

  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    lol, although i run it too, betcha any money they were running windows servers...
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    :Pwned:
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    isnt that kind of inaccurate to say "Microsoft<b>.com</b>" hacked when it was "Microsoft Press" site?? I just got the impression it was the like main microsoft site
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Microsoft Press is part of the Microsoft.com site.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Um, what URL was given in the report????

    Base URL for Microsoft Press is inside Microsoft's Learning area from within US....

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/default.asp

    And even the site menuing is different from here, than on that page-- is this another spoof page rehook thing the reporter encountered??????
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    www.microsoft.com/mspress/

    The fixed it so it redirects to the learning site. But earlier I went there myself and it was just down with a "Virtual directory listing denied".
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    Microsoft Press is part of the Microsoft.com site.


    I get that but generally if you say something like hey "Yahoo.com got hacked" and someone goes there your thinking like the main site, not like oh yeah its actually yahoo.com/subdirectory/othersite.asp
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Camman wrote:
    I get that but generally if you say something like hey "Yahoo.com got hacked" and someone goes there your thinking like the main site, not like oh yeah its actually yahoo.com/subdirectory/othersite.asp

    Agreed, but the intarnet is full of errors :thumbsup:
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    www.microsoft.com/mspress/

    The fixed it so it redirects to the learning site. But earlier I went there myself and it was just down with a "Virtual directory listing denied".

    That makes sense.
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