Microsoft admit they were hacked
Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:47 EST
Speaking exclusively to I.T. Vibe, Microsoft today admitted that a portion of their UK website was compromised by hackers and defaced. As can be seen from the screenshot below, the UK press site was replaced with text showing that the site was temporarily taken over by hackers calling themselves the "OutLaw Group". They also left a couple of books on the site, obviously as a dig at the site administrators, one on developing international software, and one on administrating Windows Server 2003.
This isn't great news for Microsoft, who have been pushing the security aspects of Windows Server 2003 hard.
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