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Biz journal web sites hacked

September 4, 2007

Posted by Chris Roush

Editor Michael Lyster of the Orange County Business Journal writes Monday that the weekly business newspaper’s web site — as well as the web sites of some of its sister publications — were hacked into during the holiday weekend.

Orange County Business Journal

Lyster wrote, “A hacker broke into the site and replaced story headlines and bylines with ‘Hacked_By_HaCkPeReSt.’ Links to stories in our archive also are disrupted.

“We’ve fixed the stories on our home page and are working to get the rest of the site back up and running as usual.

“We’re sorry for the inconvenience.

“The hacker appears to be a teen from Turkey known for such stunts. He’s attacked many sites in Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe.”

Read more here. Others affected were the Los Angeles Business Journal, San Diego Business Journal and San Fernando Business Journal.

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