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Hacker’s Web site gets hacked

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Aug 22, 20061 min

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick was himself the target of hackers over the weekend, when the computer hosting Mitnick’s Web site was broken into and his front page replaced with a vulgar message, according to a report in cNet.

The hackers are believed to be operating out of Pakistan and Mitnick was the apparent target of the attack, as his site was the only one defaced. The compromised server was taken offline to be reinstalled, Mitnick said.

Mitnick spent five years behind bars for computer fraud after being caught by the FBI. Since his release he makes a living as a consultant giving speeches on security matters and writing books about hackers.