-Caveat Lector- >Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 >From: McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [defaced-commentary] Pentaguard defaces multiple government Web >sites in US, UK and > AU > >Tonight the Attrition.org staff has mirrored one of the largest, most >systematic defacements of worldwide government servers on the Web. The >defacers, known as Pentaguard, took out various government Web sites from >3 countries - the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. > >While the message was the same on all Web sites targeted, we are intrigued >by the fact that this was not a mass defacement of a series of government >Web sites within an agency or even within a country - but 3 different >nations in different time zones all at the same time with all sites >remaining defaced for a period longer than 15 minutes. > >Some of the US sites defaced were interesting due to the current issues >within the country - the Republican Caucus for the California Legislature >Web site was shutdown in the wake of a power crisis. The Alaskan Office >for the Department of Interior Web site was defaced as the country waits >to find out if Bush Nominee Gale Norton will be confirmed for Secretary of >the Interior (especially when one of the issues at the core of the >controversial appointment is her views on oil prospecting in the Arctic >National Wildlife Refuge.) >http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/01/19/republican.assembly.ca.gov/ >http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/01/19/www.ak.doi.gov/ >http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/01/19/www.cem.va.gov/ > >The UK defacements consisted of a series of small municipalities as well >as city and county governments - the most interesting being a Web site set >up by the UK government to disseminate information regarding Bovine >Spongiform Encephalopathy otherwise known as "Mad Cow Disease." >http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/01/19/www.swindon.gov.uk/ > >Australian targets were similar to those in the UK with one notable >exception - Pentaguard took down a legislative search application for the >entire Commonwealth of Australia, similar to the US Library of Congress' >Thomas archive. >http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/01/19/www.aims.gov.au/ > >Pentaguard is no stranger to government and military Web site defacements. >A breakout page containing 48 of their previous defacements >(http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/pentaguard.html) includes a >plethora of US government and military Web sites from the Army, Navy and >Air Force to the National Institute of Health, Department of Treasury, the >US Court system and both NASA and Department of Energy Web sites. The US >wasn't the only country - they've defaced sites of the governments of >China, Kuwait, Romania, Georgia, and even Vietnam. > >gov/mil group > > 34 pentaguard > 32 hv2k > 28 gforce pakistan > 25 forpaxe > 21 fuqrag > >Pentaguard is the largest defacer of government and military Web sites >based on our mirror. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
