Isn't it ironic? A site that professes to be the "hub for business and government leaders who are shaping the global Internet economy" is defaced: http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2001/05/09/www.worldcongress.com/
Speakers at their congress have included such luminaries as Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. This is a prime example of the importance given to computer security. This site is intended to represent the people who shape Internet commerce and it falls victim to a simple defacement. What does this say for the regard given to security in e-commerce? Not much, apparently.
Even more ironic is that the defacer Nu|L (not to be confused with our Null, who is much more observant and regards web defacements with disdain) left a typically lame message that expressed the profound statement "geezus I must be fucking bored to be "hacking" an NT site.."
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