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Famous hacker gets hacked
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Posted by: Canis Lupus
Kevin Mitnick, convicted computer hacker made famous by the media circus surrounding his conviction, gets a proverbial slap in the face when his new security consulting website got broken into by... well... a hacker.
A hacker calling himself "BugBear" added one page to Mitnick's corporate Web site on January 30 with a message, "Welcome back to freedom, Mr. Kevin," and added that "it was fun and easy to break into your box." He included a photograph of a polar bear with two cubs.
This is said to be the second instance that a break-in of Mitnick's site occurred, the first one in Texas just a few days before. Both instances did not do considerable damage aside from defacing the index page and embarrassing Mitnick at his own game.
You can read more about it here.
The exploit was said to have been due to miconfiguration of Frontpage permissions on Mitnick's server. Just goes to show you that being a good programmer doesn't automatically make you a good webmaster ... or vice versa! 
Source: CNN
Posted by: Gunslinger
There's always a way.
Posted by: nocode
Seems only fitting for a Hacker to be Hacked!
Posted by: Tecil
Well considering he only recently had access to computers again, he's got a lot of catching up to do.
Posted by: Freak
It says in the article that he isn't the webmaster.
Posted by: N.W.A_Kid
heh, ironic but fitting
Posted by: TotalRecall
He wasn't responsible. Quick to shoot the shooters.
Posted by: BW
It was his web hoster's responsibility for security. He has no control I'm guessing...
Posted by: Canis Lupus
He runs a security consulting business - saying it's "someone else's" responsibility on a security-related issue is a tad, well, unorthodox don't you think?
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