http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=151342&ChannelId=16 19/04/2004 Indonesia's official elections website showed election successes for the unlikely "Pink Grandfather Party" and the "Party of Bottled Mineral Water" after interference by hackers at the weekend, reports said. Indonesia's official elections website showed election successes for the unlikely "Pink Grandfather Party" and the "Party of Bottled Mineral Water" after interference by hackers at the weekend, reports said. The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) had to shut down its website for four hours Saturday after hackers changed the names of some of the 24 political parties that contested the April 5 vote, the Jakarta Post said. The names of the top three political parties were unchanged. But the fourth-placed United Development Party (PPP) of Vice President Hamzah Haz, whose party color is Islam's green, became the "Pink Grandfather Party". Fifth-placed upstart the Democrats' Party became "the Party of Bottled Mineral Water", in an apparent reference to its saleability. The People's Mandate Party, in sixth, became the "Party that must repair its website first", while 13 others were just changed to "Pink Party", regardless of their party colors. The Crescent and Star Party was named after a singing bird, the Freedom Party took the name of a character in a popular television series, and the New Indonesian Association Party became "Party of Midwives", for no apparent reason. "The hackers tried to hack our data center and recovery center, which have seven security systems, starting from 6:30 pm. But they failed," said the election commission's information technology division chairman Akhiar Oemry. "They only succeeded in hacking our website, which is part of the public domain," he said. The website was back on line late Saturday after repairs. _________________________________________ ISN mailing list Sponsored by: OSVDB.org
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