This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mimeat_private for more info. --------------5058B74A4F Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.981223201258.21091Pat_private> http://www.nytimes.com/techweb/TW_Controversial_Adult_Website_Hacked.html December 22, 1998 Controversial Adult Website Hacked Filed at 6:55 p.m. EST By Andy Patrizio for TechWeb, CMPnet Luke Ford, who runs a website about the adult-movie industry, is no stranger to controversy. But a recent interview with a Hollywood "insider" who claimed knowledge about the sex lives of the film-industry elite has made his site the target of a hacker. Ford's site has drawn the ire of the porn industry, with its behind-the-scenes stories, like one about an actor who allegedly hid his HIV-positive status and continued to work. But this time, Ford said, his site is being attacked by Hollywood's elite. "I think it was someone in the mainstream industry," he said. Two weeks ago, Ford published the interview in which the subject made claims about powerful Hollywood figures, their sexuality, and their use of the casting couch. Days later, Ford's two sites, 4Porn.net and Lukeford.com, were attacked by a script that took down the entire server. His sites were hosted by Voice Media, which hosts five pay sites and 30 free sites, all dedicated to adult content. The attack on Ford's site took down all 35 Voice Media sites, costing it $40,000 in lost revenue and prompting Voice Media to take Ford's site down. The reaction has been surprising, Ford said, because many who work in the pornography industry, who have criticized him in the past, have written to ask when his site will be back. Ford hopes to have a new host soon and then plans to go hunting for the hacker who shut down his site. "I want to find who did this," he said. Ford's site is the latest to fall victim to attacks by those who disagreed with its content. The New York Times site was hacked after it ran a series of stories on cybercrime. And Salon received threats after publishing information about an affair Rep. Henry Hyde, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee investigating President Clinton, had with a married woman. "If you print an unpopular point of view, you face the consequences, like a boycott of advertisers or someone throwing rocks through your window," said Jim Balderston, an analyst with Zona Research. Publishers need adequate security for their websites, like the security guards that protect a print newspaper's front door, Balderston said. --------------5058B74A4F-- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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