Forwarded from: leon <leonat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I would like to say that anytime a website gets defaced there are always monetary damages. There are always qualitative damages that are hard to put a dollar figure on. If a customer goes to the gap website and finds it defaced are they going to feel comfortable doing business with them over the web? Also the webservers admin probably gets fired or reprimanded and some might just not know how to secure their webservers. Ignorance doesn't beg or justify attack. The fact that these kids are going to get off with just a slap on the wrist does not seem fair. What do other people think? Cheers, Leon - -----Original Message----- From: owner-isnat_private [mailto:owner-isnat_private] On Behalf Of InfoSec News Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:20 AM To: isnat_private Subject: [ISN] Italian Police Nab Hacker Group http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,79686,00.asp Philip Willan, IDG News Service Tuesday, January 15, 2002 ROME -- Italian police have identified six members of a hacker group charged with attacking thousands of Web sites in 62 countries, replacing official home pages with anti-globalization slogans, finance police officials said Tuesday. The group is one of the most important to be discovered in terms of the number and significance of its targets, officials said. The hackers, all students between the ages of 15 and 23, began their attacks last July during the G8 summit in Genoa, which led to anti-globalization demonstrations. Hackers placed the slogan "Hi-Tech Hate" on Web sites, police said. However, the attacks did not cause much monetary damage, so the hackers are not expected to be severely punished. In the United States, hacked sites included those of the Pentagon, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, courts, and numerous universities including Harvard University, Columbia University, and Cornell University, police said. The group also attacked government Web sites in Europe and South America, the finance police said in a statement. The Anti-Technological Crime Unit of the finance police handled the investigation. Prolific Vandalism In Italy the group hacked sites of the health and defense ministries, the Senate, media organizations, the Internet provider Italia On Line, the Left Democrats Party, and pop singer Claudio Baglioni. The investigation began in August, when the crime unit became aware of an attempt to penetrate the Web site of MB Service Srl, an Italian software company, police said. Investigators followed the trail to a Hi-Tech Hate hacker and subsequently tracked down the other five. The students lived in different parts of Italy and kept in contact via the Internet, investigators said. "This was one of the most prolific hacker groups ever seen in terms of the number of its attacks. They were very expert," Giancarlo Samele, a member of the Anti-Technological Crime Unit, said in an interview. "We don't have an estimate of the financial damage caused, but it should not be very high. These were not really malicious attacks." The hackers are likely to escape with suspended prison sentences because they have no previous convictions and their attacks did not cause serious damage, Gianluigi Chiapponi, the Ravenna prosecutor coordinating the case, said at a press conference. - - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomoat_private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPEWWotqAgf0xoaEuEQKzbACeO0b6LitHOC6E83/2iM17ATR9eAsAoMo1 MJgmmqZ8UJyFO6JkgXVUPKXT =fwv9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomoat_private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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