http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600508 By Tim Wilson DarkReading Jan 29, 2010 The U.S. House of Representatives is investigating the hacking of as many as 49 Websites of Republican and Democratic lawmakers following the president's State of the Union address on Wednesday. The sites were all defaced with a single, one-line message, offering a rude epithet and claiming credit for the Red Eye Crew, a Brazilian hacker group. A number of the sites were pulled down following the hack, and several of them stayed down for more than a day, according to news reports. The hacks have been tied to servers maintained by GovTrends, which oversees the maintenance of about 100 member sites and is one of a few outside technological specialists approved by the House's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Last August, at least 18 Congressional member sites managed by the same vendor were defaced by Indonesian cracker 3n_byt3. That attack reportedly took place through a default login to the administrative portion of the sites, according to GovTrends. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Sun Jan 31 2010 - 22:49:11 PST
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