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South Africa: r00t3rs Attack Leads to 20 Website Defacements

A hacker is reported to have targeted at least 20 South African Web sites last week, 14 of the attacks occurring in a single day. This is according to Internet law firm Buys Attorneys, which routinely tracks the behaviour of hackers. Reinhardt Buys of Buys Attorneys says last week saw a sharp increase in the number of hacker attacks on local Web sites. "During the past week, a hacker who refers to himself only as `r00t3rs' hacked into more than 20 sites." . . .. A hacker is reported to have targeted at least 20 South African Web sites last week, 14 of the attacks occurring in a single day. This is according to Internet law firm Buys Attorneys, which routinely tracks the behaviour of hackers. Reinhardt Buys of Buys Attorneys says last week saw a sharp increase in the number of hacker attacks on local Web sites. "During the past week, a hacker who refers to himself only as `r00t3rs' hacked into more than 20 sites." Buys says the hacker defaced 14 sites on 16 October, making it the worst hacking attack in SA's history. He says the hacker appeared to have focused on sites operating on Windows NT and bearing a .co.za domain name. "The hacker defaced the sites simply by deleting pages and replacing them with a blank page featuring his, or her, name. The successful attacks occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning. "Since we started monitoring hackers that target South African sites in 2000, we never saw one hacker deface so many local sites in one day," says Buys. The link for this article located at ITWeb is no longer available. . An infiltration event led to the compromise of 15 Australian websites, signifying a groundbreaking breach in the nation's cybersecurity.. South Africa Hacking Attacks, Website Defacement, Cyber Breach, Online Security, R00t3rs Threat. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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