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Peter Gabriel's Web Server Stolen

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-just-a-disgruntled-fan dept.

miller60 writes "Web servers hosting musician Peter Gabriel's web site have gone missing from their data center. "Our servers were stolen from our ISP's data centre on Sunday night — Monday morning," reads a notice at PeterGabriel.com. The incident is the latest in a series of high-profile equipment thefts in the past year, including armed robberies in data centers in Chicago and London. How secure is your data center?"

11 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. Cleary by hansraj · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a handiwork of music pirates!

  2. The real question here is... by StreetStealth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they break in with a sledgehammer?

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    1. Re:The real question here is... by GreggBz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did they break in with a sledgehammer?
      Yea, big time.
    2. Re:The real question here is... by Uncle+Focker · · Score: 4, Funny

      Woooooooooosh

    3. Re:The real question here is... by vmxeo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did they break in with a sledgehammer?

      Yea, big time. Oh sure, maybe in your eyes this was a big break-in...
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  3. Re:wow by syrinx · · Score: 5, Funny

    A monkey, when asked for comment, was reportedly "shocked".

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  4. Stop the Madness! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Peter Gabriel's Web Server Stolen This is, this is just utterly devastating.

    The repercussions of this show what kind of destruction something like this can bring ... Wikipedia's page on Gabriel is grinding to a halt as millions of confused people log on to figure out who he was ... tens, maybe even hundreds, of people are rushing to change their credit card number after they realize that they purchased something through that website ... and on top of all that, this sudden rush back into the spotlight just might cause Gabriel to release another album, possibly setting popular music back decades again.
  5. Stole it himself by WilyCoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gabriel stole it from himself. He's jealous of Rick Astley's recent fame. He wants an internet Peter-roll using "Sledgehammer"...

  6. layer 1 hijacking by flynt · · Score: 5, Funny

    A similar method of attack, layer 1 hijacking has been around at least 10 years now.

  7. Re:Locks and guards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That line never fails to get the ladies.

  8. Re:Musicians seem to have crappy luck by clem · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially bad was the fact that many of their instruments were prepared in some way to get special tones. It's called "tuning".
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