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Web Site Hacks Rise as War Rages in Iraq

Posted by CmdrTaco on

An anonymous reader noted a Reuters news story talking about Website Defacement during the war. Apparently protesters and hackers are defacing hundreds of US and UK sites, both corporate and government.

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  1. Slashdot has found its niche :) by targo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot has found its own niche and comments on non-mainstream tech issues related to the war, instead of just parroting the regular feed. Way to go!

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  2. All False by Arc04 · · Score: 5, Funny

    None of these claims are true.
    Someone has just hacked into /. and defaced index.pl to show this story!!!

    But seriously.....has /. ever been defaced by e-vandals?

    Arc

    1. Re:All False by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "But seriously.....has /. ever been defaced by e-vandals?"

      Yes. Remember that story where a Linux user happily switched to XP?

    2. Re:All False by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 5, Funny

      But seriously.....has /. ever been defaced by e-vandals?

      I think they call those "TROLLS" around here.

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  3. Re:And the point is? by Anonymous+Struct · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know... 'w3 r 2 l337 4 u' IS a compelling argument, after all. Maybe they ARE too leet for us. Maybe we should listen to them and do what they say....

  4. Re:These vandals by endoboy · · Score: 4, Funny
    These vandals are no different than the terrorist regime of .....

    well, perhaps there might be a few small differences (dead people, for instance), but why split hairs....

  5. And I remember it happening during the war in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...'Nam a few more years back.

    Of course, I'm also crazy.

  6. Re:And the point is? by Xerithane · · Score: 5, Funny

    76% of americans also think Saddam was directly responsible for 9/11. Don't be proud of the failure of free press and democracy.

    No they don't, only 51%. Considering that 11% of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a map, that isn't too bad.

    The U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic.

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