Forwarded From: Sunit Nangia <nangias@cerf.net>
Force isn't with StarWars site
By Paul Festa
January 8, 1999, 2:10 p.m. PT
URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30716,00.html
Is Darth Vader hacking Web sites?
While the perpetrator remains unknown, Lucasfilm's StarWars Web site was
the victim of its first hack today.
The vandalism consisted of a list of names, presumably those of the
hacker's friends, according to Lucasfilm.
Entertainment Web sites have proved a popular target for hackers because
of their potential for generating publicity, and hacking attempts on
Starwars.com have been more than routine, a site administrator said.
"We get maybe 20 or 30 hacking attempts per day," said Marc Hedlund,
director of Internet development at Lucasfilm. "None has been successful
before this."
Hedlund said it was a "social hack," as opposed to a software-based
attack. Social hacking refers to the penetration of networks through human
error, such as the careless revealing of passwords.
Hedlund declined to specify how the hackers got through. The graffiti came
down a few hours after it appeared this morning, he said.
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Received on Thu Mar 11 16:54:54 1999