A recent article in USA Today reported that approximately 450,000 web sites are compromised daily. In most cases, the hacked site’s home page is replaced with a new page embedded with the hackers logo or pseudonym and text announcing the hit. This form of cyber.vandalism could almost be viewed as virtual “tagging” similar street graffiti on the side of a building. The internet IS the 21st century version of the wild west; some survive and some get taken out. You need to watch your back at all times and only the strong survive.

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The .zip file, which contains instructions and the hacked .html document, has been preserved and uploaded to the Internet Archive’s “Our Media” collection.

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