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The attack seems to have been done  for fun . However, the defacement has alreadycaused Microsoft France significant embarrassment further damaging the corporationÂ'sglobal reputation. Bloggers immediately picked up on the defacement and were amusedat how long it took Microsoft to fix the problem. At time of writing, the websiteremains unavailable after at least 1 day in its state of defacement.
The defacement as documented by Zone-h read:Hi Master (: Your System 0wned By Turkish Hackers!redLine ownz y0u!Special Thanx And Gretz RudeBoy |SacRedSeer|The_Bekir And All Turkish HacKersnext target: microsoft.comdate: 18/06/2006 @ 19:06WE WERE HERE....>
Microsoft websites around the world have long been regular targets for defacementand other forms of exploits. Such defacement occurs when hackers manage to gainaccess to and manipulate the code and/or files on the web server to display whateverthey please. These web hacking attacks can cost a company significant loss ofrevenue severe fines and loss of customer trust, apart from damaging the companyÂ'sreputation and credibility.
The Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner automatically audits web applications andchecks whether these applications are secure from exploitable vulnerabilities tosuch hack attacks as website defacement. An automated check of MicrosoftÂ's webapplications (using Acunetix WVS) could have saved the company from denting itsreputation and credibility further through the subsequent blogs appearing over theweekend.
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