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Incident WHID 2006-4

WHID 2006-4: Hacker diverts traffic from city's Web page
Date: 17 January 2006
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Insufficient Anti-automation

A hoster was broken into by brute forcing passwords in a management interface. Sites of many clients, including three municipalities where defaced.

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