Posted on 08/13/2007 5:18:16 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Computer hackers posted an anti-war message on the U.N.'s official Web site, claiming that U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East were taking innocent lives, the United Nations said.
The first attack on a U.N. Web page reserved for statements from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon occurred at about 9 a.m. Sunday morning, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. The Web site of the U.N. Department of Public Information was then attacked as was the U.N. Cyberschoolbus site for teachers and students and the U.N. Economic and Social Council's site.
''We are very concerned that this happened,'' Montas said. ''It lasted a few minutes, but we managed to get them off and change that. We also had to change our archives and rebuild the whole site.''
The hackers, who identified themselves as kerem125, MOsted, and Gsy, left a message criticizing U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East and saying ''Peace for ever No war.''
The break-in is under investigation, and the Department of Public Information and the Information Technology Security Division are working to prevent future cyber attacks, she said.
Montas said no new information was posted on the U.N. Web site on Monday while computer experts were assessing the system.
Did the United Nations look at the attack as a nasty prank or a form of cyberterrorism?
''I don't know,'' Montas said.
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Have any of them been former trolls?
How could they tell it was hacked?
That’s what I was wondering...
exactly. the UN makes this claim every day
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