WHID 2008-11: Hacker breaks into Ecuador's presidential website

Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2008-11
Date Occured: 
12 Feb 2008
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Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Government
Attacked Entity Geography: 
Ecuador

Was it defaced or not? In this extraordinary incident, a hacker broke to the web site of the Ecuadorian president and said nice things about him. So nice in fact that the presidential office had to apologize in front of the opposition leader. Was it a hack or an over enthusiastic marketing person?

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