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Hacking on the Increase
« on: June 10, 2011, 08:13:05 AM »
If a group of "moral" hackers approached your company about weak spots in your online security, what would you do? This is what the NHS did:

Hackers warn NHS over security
Lulz Security logo, Lulz Security The logo of Lulz Security suggests the group does not take what it does too seriously

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A notorious hacker group has warned the NHS that its computer networks are vulnerable to cyber attack.

Lulz Security, which claims to have been behind a recent hack on Sony, sent an email to NHS administrators revealing it had found a way to breach the service's network.

But the Department of Health was quick to deny that any patient information was at risk.

The hackers said they did not intend to steal any data.

Styling themselves as "pirate ninjas", LulzSec posted on Twitter the e-mail it sent to the NHS.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13712377

Pride goeth before a fall. I know a web developer/programmer in the US who has infiltrated business websites and notified the owners of online security weaknesses. The reaction was the same.  
  For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:89