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Kung Fu Hackers Attack the Shaolin Temple

The website of the Shaolin Temple, probably the most famous Buddhist monastery in the world, has been hacked several times recently. On November 11, the website was defaced and, instead of its usual content, a fake letter allegedly signed by the temple's abbot was displayed.The Shaolin Temple, also known as the ...

26 November 2009
11:03 GMT

Melbourne International Film Festival Website Defaced

The website of the biggest Australian film festival was defaced by Chinese hacktivists. The politically motivated hackers replaced the content with the Chinese flag and messages against Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the Uyghur ethnic group, who was invited to attend the event. The 2009 edition of the Melbourne Internatio...

28 July 2009
06:13 GMT

Royal Australian Air Force Website Hacked

Several sections of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) website have been defaced by an Indian hacktivist. He warns the government that this is just the beginning, if attacks against Indian students living in Australia don't stop. According to Trend Micro's Solutions Architect Rik Ferguson, who was among...

18 July 2009
05:37 GMT

The Website of German Interior Minister Hacked

Local media in Germany is reporting (translate) that hackers have defaced the website of the German Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble. On the first page, the website was promoting a link to a site protesting against the new biometric passports and telecommunications data retention legislation. The new data r...

12 February 2009
05:43 GMT

Botnet Tool to Support Israel's Offensive

Israel supporters respond to the cyber-attacks launched by Islamic hackers through DDoS. A group of students have developed an application that allows Israel sympathizers to use their computer resources and Internet bandwith in order to knock Palestinian websites offline. The online group calling themselves “H...

10 January 2009
05:20 GMT


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