Month: July 2003

  • Deconstructing the Defacer Challenge Hoax/FUD

    [This was written with Richard Forno and originally published on attrition.org.] On June 21, 2003, a small web site was created to harnass the competitive nature of the defacing community by holding a contest of computer vandalism. Several computer security companies took this event as an opportunity to whore themselves out to any media outlet…