Political Hackers Deface Novell SUSE Sites

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edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
The Register reports that Novell OpenSUSE community web sites OpenSUSE.org, wiki.novell.com and forge.novell.com were defaced on Sunday by politically motivated hackers.

Apearently a group called IHS (Iran Hackers Sabotage) broke into the sites to post a message stating that it was Iran's right to develop nuclear power.

A Novell spokesman played down that incident by saying the hacked servers were part of test systems located outside Novell's corporate network.
Of greater concern are reports that hackers compromised a gaming-related server maintained by Novell and used it to scan for other vulnerable machines. The hacked system - which ran a mail server for a gaming site called Neticus.com - has been scanning for vulnerable SSH systems since 21 September, Computerworld reports. The rogue behaviour was spotted by net security firm Brandon Internet Security which traced attacks against its clients' systems back to the compromised servers.
Source: The Register

Comments

  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited October 2005
    IHS wins the Dee, dee, dee award!
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited October 2005
    Nosferatu wrote:
    IHS wins the Dee, dee, dee award!

    i dont get it...


    :range:
  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited October 2005
    It's a catchphrase of Carlos Mencia (a comedian). He uses it all the time on his show on Comedy Central, Mind of Mencia. Basically it's used to describe retards/idiots (not physically/mentally disabled people). Take the Darwin awards, everyone who has won or is in the running for one is a Dee dee dee.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    ya know. how retards go...may i ask what the point of taking not even a gaming server, but a gaming MAIL server down is...ho kay....
  • deepseadeepsea Lancaster, PA
    edited October 2005
    They're trying to prove that they are competent enough to handle nuclear power....and, yes, they deserve the Dee Dee Dee...
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