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From	pinna <pinna@autistici.org>
Date	Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:35:14 +0200
Subject	[hackmeeting] pink defacing ;)

Indonesian hackers spice up elections 
Posted Mon, 19 Apr 2004 
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/316742.htm


Indonesia's official elections website showed election successes for the
unlikely "Pink Grandfather Party" and the "Party of Bottled Mineral
Water" after interference by hackers at the weekend. 

The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) had to shut down its
website for four hours Saturday after hackers changed the names of some
of the 24 political parties that contested the April 5 vote, the Jakarta
Post said. 

The names of the top three political parties were unchanged. 

But the fourth-placed United Development Party (PPP) of Vice President
Hamzah Haz, whose party colour is Islam's green, became the "Pink
Grandfather Party". 

Fifth-placed upstart the Democrats' Party became "the Party of Bottled
Mineral Water", in an apparent reference to its saleability. 

The People's Mandate Party, in sixth, became the "Party that must repair
its website first", while 13 others were just changed to "Pink Party",
regardless of their party colours. 

The Crescent and Star Party was named after a singing bird, the Freedom
Party took the name of a character in a popular television series, and
the New Indonesian Association Party became "Party of Midwives", for no
apparent reason. 

"The hackers tried to hack our data center and recovery center, which
have seven security systems, starting from 6.30pm. But they failed,"
said the election commission's information technology division chairman
Akhiar Oemry. 

"They only succeeded in hacking our website, which is part of the public
domain," he said. 

The website was back on line late on Saturday after repairs. 

AFP 

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