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December 23, 2005

I wish people had better things to do

Apparently sometime in the past 24 hours, The PC Guru Web site was "hacked" by some fucked up moron who's idea of a good time is to mess with a Web site that's only goal is to help other people. Now, when I say "hacked", I don't mean that someone figured out a password or broke into the UCANweb servers. No, they took advantage of a known flaw in our current CMS, PHPNuke, and put up a fake front page.

Oh man, that makes them so cool ... whatever.

This is something that can be done by anyone who can do a simple search of the Web. It's not like it took this person alot of time and effort to find a buffer overflow or some other kind of vulnerability. The most likely option is that he or she found a script on the Web that showed him or her how to mess up the front page step by step. Those of us who know better call these kinds of people "script kiddies". They think that just because they can make use of an exploit that someone else found and change a homepage to have their "name" on it makes them l33t and cool.

This just goes to show two things that I really believe to be true:

1. Some people are fucking morons who shouldn't be allowed to use a computer in the first place.

2. Some people need some kind of way to get a release that makes them feel bigger than what they really are in life. It's kinda like those guys who get big homes and cars because they need to make up for a lack of endowment in other areas.

If you really think about it, the site was most likely defaced by a 14 year old who's mad at his or her mom and dad because they aren't getting that Xbox 360 for Christmas. As a result, they take out their frustration by causing others grief. I can almost picture this kid sitting at the family computer, with a pimple covered face and a head too big for his or her body, laughing silently to his or herself for their l33t/\/355.

Posted by ed at 11:39 PM | Comments (0)