TheMushroom and Mgz both used our newssubmit to tell us that the website of The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been hacked again for the sixth time in six months.
This time, the defacement resulted in bogus press releases on the front door, touting the joys of cheese and interspecies romantic relationships:
Since the RIAA site is such a tempting target, many wonder why the organization hasn't made more of an effort to secure its site. On Monday, access to the site's supposedly private innards was gained in much the same way as it was last August. |
Some security experts said in no uncertain terms that the latest defacements indicate the RIAA is clueless about technology. They charge that this ignorance has resulted in the RIAA attempting to combat digital file sharing in ineffective, counter-productive ways.
The last time the RIAA site was hacked, downloadable pirated music was posted. This time, a URL allowing access to the RIAA's system for posting press releases was made publicly accessible, allowing people to post messages that then appeared on the RIAA's official press release page.
The URL was widely circulated on Internet relay chat groups on Monday. People merrily posted bogus press releases and waited for the RIAA's reaction. Hours later, they were still waiting. The hole stayed open for seven hours.
Some statements in the article are quite hilarious. The RIAA doesn't get the Web and technology and they really have no idea what they're up against. When they'll try to shut down their first P2P network, their website will probably be toast..
Source: Wired News
