Today while researching and reading about luminaries of India, imagine my surprise when I found that the India Today Group site had been hacked.(Technically speaking Hacked/hacking is the wrong word - read what hack truly means by ESR for more on this.)
India Today Group, as culled from Wikipedia (does anybody look beyond wikipedia and google anymore?!!) is an organisation in existence since 1975. The group impressively has 13 magazines, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, classical music label, book publishing and India's only book club.
The time I found the site defaced was at about 10:15PM (Indian Standard Time)- 9th June 2007. The site in itself is intact but the "necessary" default index.html or its various avatars seem to have been replaced by some brazilian script kiddies calling themselves SPYKIDS.
Here is a snapshot of the defaced site.
India Today Group, as culled from Wikipedia (does anybody look beyond wikipedia and google anymore?!!) is an organisation in existence since 1975. The group impressively has 13 magazines, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, classical music label, book publishing and India's only book club.
The time I found the site defaced was at about 10:15PM (Indian Standard Time)- 9th June 2007. The site in itself is intact but the "necessary" default index.html or its various avatars seem to have been replaced by some brazilian script kiddies calling themselves SPYKIDS.
Here is a snapshot of the defaced site.
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Alternatively try the following address ( will work as long as site is not fixed)
http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/itoday/millennium/100people/
Being a good guy (depends on how you look at me) I was thinking of calling or mailing the group and informing them about the same, but on the other hand I think I will just sit here and watch how good the admins at India Today group really are. Will they discover it themselves...Do they read and analyze the logs, are they abreast with the latest or are they just collecting their paychecks while they surf around daily. Lets wait and see.
P.S - A request to readers if they read this post. You can check the site but please don't inform the group about defacement.Lets see how long it takes for them to find out and take corrective action.
He he he - The admins are gonna have a busy day today.
P.S - A request to readers if they read this post. You can check the site but please don't inform the group about defacement.Lets see how long it takes for them to find out and take corrective action.
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