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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 30 December 2003, 02:17

Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Xeen on 30 December 2003, 02:17
VoteHere, Inc. has admitted that their web site, www.votehere.net (http://www.votehere.net) was recently hacked.

 
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A company developing security technology for electronic voting suffered an embarrassing hacker break-in that executives think was tied to the rancorous debate over the safety of casting ballots online.


The hacker was able to access internal corporate documents and may have stolen secret source code.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1212&e=1&u=/ap/20031229/ap_on_hi_te/internet_voting&sid=95573501 (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1212&e=1&u=/ap/20031229/ap_on_hi_te/internet_voting&sid=95573501)

A simple Netcraft search for that site reveals the simple reason for why this happened:

 
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www.votehere.net (http://www.votehere.net)     OS: NT4/WINDOWS 98     Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0


[ December 29, 2003: Message edited by: xeen ]

Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Laukev7 on 30 December 2003, 02:35
Wow. Makes me feel very comfortable to know that democracy is kept in such good hands.
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Kintaro on 30 December 2003, 05:14
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyone with IIS 4 on NT 4.0 Deserves to be hacked.


HHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Suckers.
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Kintaro on 30 December 2003, 05:16
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
Wow. Makes me feel very comfortable to know that democracy is kept in such good hands.


George Bush won the election, yet this worrys you?
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Laukev7 on 30 December 2003, 05:28
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Originally posted by X11: Troll Erudition:


George Bush won the election, yet this worrys you?


No, what worries me is that he might get reelected.
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: Kintaro on 30 December 2003, 05:29
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:


No, what worries me is that he might get reelected.


Its America.

Of course he will be.
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: hm_murdock on 30 December 2003, 08:10
my ship will come in before yours and it will be bigger, faster, stronger and able to beat yours.

I know it
Title: Electronic Voting site HACKED!
Post by: WMD on 30 December 2003, 08:43
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Originally posted by Laukev7:


No, what worries me is that he might get reelected.


Why you worried?  You live in Quebec, you're safe.  :D   (Well, except from the damn French jokes.  :(  )
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