http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060614/NEWS01/606140312 By Stephen D. Price CAPITOL BUREAU June 14, 2006 As Tropical Storm Alberto barreled toward Florida, a computer hacker disrupted public access to the state's emergency Web site for about 20 minutes Tuesday morning, but the glitch did not affect emergency workers, officials said. The Web site, www.floridadisaster.org, is set up by the Division of Emergency Management and allows Floridians to access information about emergency situations. The problem delayed a briefing by emergency workers. "Someone intentionally did this," said Carla Boyce, plans chief for the Division of Services Management. "Loopholes get discovered and hackers take advantage of them." The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident. At 7:30 Tuesday morning, emergency workers noticed the site showed error messages, said David Halstead, State Emergency Response Team chief. He said a similar problem happened a week ago. "It takes someone with good computer skills to do this," Halstead said. Boyce said workers are reviewing logs and network tools for clues to learn who did the hacking and from where. The problem was fixed, and extra precautions are being taken so it doesn't happen again, she said. _________________________________ Attend the Black Hat Briefings and Training, Las Vegas July 29 - August 3 2,500+ international security experts from 40 nations, 10 tracks, no vendor pitches. www.blackhat.com
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