Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwont_private> [TechWeb] (7.17.98) Has the American Family Association hired hackers? For a short time Friday morning, visitors to the "ourfirsttime.com" sex site were treated to the front page of Disney's website. Instead of a soft-focus scene of an allegedly virginal couple kissing, Web voyeurs got a decidedly non-spicy taste of Mulan and Lady and the Tramp. Site hosts said they had no idea why the substitution was happening. No hackers immediately took credit for the page swap. The American Family Association, which along with other conservative Christian groups has blasted both Disney and online pornography like this site, said they were not involved. "Our official policy disapproves of hackers," said Ed Vitagliano, editor of the AFA Journal. "We've had people try to break into our site too." "I can't tell you what's going on," said Craig Brittain, owner of the small Michigan-based Web-hosting firm that still maintains the sex site's domain name. The content of the site was uploaded to a larger company, Seattle-based Internet Entertainment Group (IEG) Thursday night, he said. IEG also hosts several adult-entertainment sites. Brittain confirmed other surfers had called and told him about the problem, however. The sites' temporary new hosts also said they were unaware of the swap. "We have no idea," said Heather Dalton, an IEG spokeswoman. "This is the first we've heard of the problem." But IEG does have other problems with the site, Dalton said. After hosting the content for less than 24 hours, the company is booting the media-hyped live-sex event off its servers, saying it is likely a hoax. IEG officials said they had identified another "mystery man" involved with the "firsttime" website, who had also been involved in fighting conservative religious groups in the past. Company officials also said they had determined the site planned to charge for the final "consummation" of the event, but gave no details on how they had learned this information. Details on their investigation would soon be posted at their own "clublove.com" website, they said. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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