Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwon@kizmiaz.dis.org>
http://www.hsx.com/news/people/990330.htm
[HSX.com] (3.30.99) The websites of two hot young actors were recently
hacked. All right movie buffs, if you're fans of Ben Affleck (BAFFL) and
Matt Damon (MDAMO), then you've probably visited their fan sites at
www.ben-affleck.com and www.matt-damon.com, respectively. These sites
have the standard photographs of the bare-chested actors on their home
page along with links to articles and stories about their upcoming and
past projects.
A few weekends ago, a computer geek with far too much time on his hands
hacked into their sites and posted some lewd and crude commentary about
Damon and Affleck's sexual preference. A rumor quickly spread throughout
Hollywood that Affleck was indeed gay. By far the lighter of the two
diatribes was posted on Damon's website. It read as follows:
"Hi, this is Matt Damon... My lover Ben and I would like to ask the entire
homosexual community to support Kevin Mitnick and get him released from
jail!"
You might recall that Kevin Mitnick (www.kevinmitnick.com) was the famous
hacker who eluded authorities for years and was finally caught a couple of
years back. After breaking into government computers, he has been held in
a federal prison for four years without a trial.
Now, the fan site hacker didn't stop there in his support of Mitnick and
his prank on the two actors. On Affleck's site he posted a profane "quote"
from the Forces of Nature (FORCS) star supposedly explaining why Matt
convinced him to speak out on behalf of the jailed Mitnick. Needless to
say, the "reasons" were a tad too racy to reprint here.
Obviously Affleck and Damon did not post such rantings themselves and they
have had no official comment. As for the hackers, if they wanted to bring
attention to the Mitnick case, they probably would have better served
their role model with postings that didn't display their own sexual
phobias. The fan site hacker(s) are still at large.
-o-
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Received on Sat Apr 3 10:56:29 1999