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starwars.com Cracked

Posted by justin++ on from the s/hack/crack dept.

Jon Hedley writes "While the perpetrator remains unknown, Lucasfilm's Star Wars Web site was the victim of its first crack today. The vandalism consisted of a list of names, presumably those of the hacker's friends, according to Lucasfilm. News.com reports that there are 20 - 30 crack attempts a day to the site. " Geez. I'd think anyone smart enough to do this would be smart enough not to...

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  1. Dumbasses by Trepidity · · Score: 2

    Umm, I don't break into computer systems, yet I "whine" about Kevin Mitnick anyway. He's been held for nearly FOUR years without a trial, which is something I thought only happened in places like China. Then the Secret Service brings up some BS about him being a "threat to national security," which is also China-esque. And they won't let him have a walkman because they're afraid he'll use his mythical super-hacker powers to do something evil with it. If he's guilty, they should go ahead and convict him. If not, then release him. Either way, he should have had a trial more than three years ago.

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  2. Dumbasses by mattc · · Score: 2
    They don't choose a target and work on it, they scan huge sections of the internet (with nmap, expect, etc.) looking for weak systems and crack them. That is why the cracked sites are always some obscure site.

    Of course, starwars.com is an exception to this, but in general, that's why they don't crack sites like KKK.