Friendly strangers briefly took over the Apache Software Foundation server by exploiting a series of common configuration errors, and then announced their presence by inserting an advertisement for Microsoft at the bottom of the home page. The open-source Apache is . . .
Friendly strangers briefly took over the Apache Software Foundation server by exploiting a series of common configuration errors, and then announced their presence by inserting an advertisement for Microsoft at the bottom of the home page. The open-source Apache is the most popular HTTP page server software currently in use.

The intruders gained root access to Apache.org and could have done considerable damage, including replacing the Apache software offered for download with versions containing a Trojan which would have given them access to servers running all subsequent copies downloaded from the Apache.org Web site.

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