Analysis of Recent Linux Defacements in Major Corporations

I had meant to do an update to my previous high profile summary of sorts. After drinking a Corona I began working on this post and it hit home yet again. Half way through writing this, another server on Hewlett Packard's network was defaced. I don't know what I find more ironic, that four HP servers were defaced this month, or that in each case they were running Windows NT or Linux instead of HP-UX (their own unix operating system). Toward the end of this list are two sites that also strike a bit of irony.. . . I had meant to do an update to my previous high profile summary of sorts. After drinking a Corona I began working on this post and it hit home yet again. Half way through writing this, another server on Hewlett Packard's network was defaced. I don't know what I find more ironic, that four HP servers were defaced this month, or that in each case they were running Windows NT or Linux instead of HP-UX (their own unix operating system). Toward the end of this list are two sites that also strike a bit of irony.

Toshiba Australia

ICQ

Compaq Computer Corp, Altavista

Compaq Computer Corp

Hewlett-Packard

(Ironically, three of these machines running Windows NT instead of HP-UX, and one running Linux...)

Olympic Committee

Sony Taiwan

Iomega Corporation

The New York Times

Intel Corporation

Sharp Philippines

Go.Com

Gateway 2000 Inc

PSINet

NEC Chile

Packard Bell Chile

Memorex

Sony Italy

Lycos, Inc

McDonalds UK

Motorola Mexico

It is always somewhat ironic when security companies or security related sites get defaced. Attrition is just waiting until we end up mirroring our own defacement.

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