Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwonat_private> http://www.hsx.com/news/people/990330.htm [HSX.com] (3.30.99) The websites of two hot young actors were recently hacked. All right movie buffs, if you're fans of Ben Affleck (BAFFL) and Matt Damon (MDAMO), then you've probably visited their fan sites at www.ben-affleck.com and www.matt-damon.com, respectively. These sites have the standard photographs of the bare-chested actors on their home page along with links to articles and stories about their upcoming and past projects. A few weekends ago, a computer geek with far too much time on his hands hacked into their sites and posted some lewd and crude commentary about Damon and Affleck's sexual preference. A rumor quickly spread throughout Hollywood that Affleck was indeed gay. By far the lighter of the two diatribes was posted on Damon's website. It read as follows: "Hi, this is Matt Damon... My lover Ben and I would like to ask the entire homosexual community to support Kevin Mitnick and get him released from jail!" You might recall that Kevin Mitnick (www.kevinmitnick.com) was the famous hacker who eluded authorities for years and was finally caught a couple of years back. After breaking into government computers, he has been held in a federal prison for four years without a trial. Now, the fan site hacker didn't stop there in his support of Mitnick and his prank on the two actors. On Affleck's site he posted a profane "quote" from the Forces of Nature (FORCS) star supposedly explaining why Matt convinced him to speak out on behalf of the jailed Mitnick. Needless to say, the "reasons" were a tad too racy to reprint here. Obviously Affleck and Damon did not post such rantings themselves and they have had no official comment. As for the hackers, if they wanted to bring attention to the Mitnick case, they probably would have better served their role model with postings that didn't display their own sexual phobias. The fan site hacker(s) are still at large. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Hacker News Network [www.hackernews.com]
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