22 Oct 2001
Notorious hacker Evil Angelica was busy this weekend, not only defacing websites but also demonstrating potential career aspirations to be a guerrilla publisher.
Sites hit this weekend with the hacker's trademark brand of satire and mockery included Sesame-Ouvre-Toi.com and 121-net.com, which were defaced with alternative news stories like those seen on Zenzibar News.
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Launching a tongue-in-cheek attack on the hacking and defacing scene, the headline "hot news" story on the hijacked sites read: ""Defacement Gene" discovered".
The story went on to take the rise out of the stereotypical hacker.
"Nutty professors at the department of generic research at Rochester University believe they have discovered the gene that is responsible for 'defacement-displacement disorder', a serious illness that affects predominantly young teenage males," it said.
"The gene, which is closely related to the genes responsible for acne and shortsightedness, among others, was recovered from discarded tissues found under the bed of a long-term sufferer.
"While optimistic about finding a cure, scientists were quick to offer a note of caution. The scientist who first discovered genes, Professor Levi Strauss, said "We can not rule out this research getting into the wrong hands, imagine if you will an evil terrorist organization cloning hundreds of 'fluffy bunnies' and unleashing them upon the Internet, the result would be catastrophic, possibly the end of life as we know it, but then again possibly not."
In the past, Evil Angelica's defacements have been known to taunt systems administrators and members of the hacking community alike.
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