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UN website pwned by hacktivists over weekend

Unhack

CNET, Wired and the hackademix blog are reporting that the United Nations website was briefly hacked over the weekend by an international team of hackers exploiting a well known SQL weakness.  Apparently, these hackers weren't out to do damage or extort the UN, but simply to spread a pretty nice, if mis-spelled, peace message.   They altered the page showing the UN Secretary General Moon's statements to say:

Hacked by kerem125 M0sted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Ysrail and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war

Not exactly "I have a dream." But political speech nonetheless.

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