Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwon@kizmiaz.dis.org>
BONN (July 13, 1998 11:45 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) Germany's
Free Democratic Party, a junior partner in Chancellor Helmut Kohl's
center-right government, said on Monday a hacker had broken into its
computer system and altered internal files, causing considerable damage.
It said many Internet Web sites would have to be rebuilt and that the
party's server would have to be taken offline altogether for the work to
be completed.
It was not clear whether the hacker, whose identity was not known, had
targeted just the FDP or other parties as well, the FDP said.
"While technically extremely proficient, the hacker made rather
unimaginative, clumsy and humorless changes," the FDP said in a statement.
"The damage done was considerable."
The FDP, Germany's self-styled party of tax-cutting, is running on a
pro-business platform in the September 27 general election.
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Received on Sat Jul 18 12:30:46 1998