AFL.com.au hacked - lulz provided

[MaddAdam]

Someone hacked the AFL site and it went down for a while. Appears to be back up now.

But for a while it was displaying this:

Some sort of Footy Anonymous at work?

 

[Kcrack]

I'm assuming this is real otherwise it would be on the bay, but why didn't anyone else notice this?

 

[fairdinkum]

How do you know it was a hack and not just a bug?

 

[TooFar]

From the looks of that image, it seems that the Admins have been updating the site and exposed the editor toolset.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

hmm, looks like Muarry's work, but the derogatory Eddie reference is confusing to say the least

 

[W. Smithers]

Harford on SEN mentioned the hacking and a not nice message about the AFL boss.

Lol

 

[Quivorir]

That image screams photoshop.........


actually, it just screams MS Paint..

 

[fishardansin]

How do you know it was a hack and not just a bug?

Maybe a STI?

 

[jonesy86]

I blame Matt Thompson

 

[Lach72]

hmm, looks like Muarry's work, but the derogatory Eddie reference is confusing to say the least

7 Days Andrew???


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...r-website-hacked/story-e6frf9jf-1226277263536

 

[RICHOLEGEND12]

That is classic. good work to whoever did it!

 

[LuigiVampa]

The AFL website was down this afternoon after I could access it this morning. They definitely seemed to be fixing something as it suddenly wouldn't let anyone in for an hour or so, and just displayed a server error message. Looks like it is back to normal now.

 

[MaddAdam]

Has been reported in the Fairfax press now.

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/sec...efaced-with-nasty-comment-20120221-1tl1z.html

 

[TradeDraft]

How was it Done

Sites are Very Easy to Hack if you know what you are doing

 

[MaddAdam]

I blame Matt Thompson

Who is Matt Thompson?

 

[fairdinkum]

I don't like Vlad the Relocator either.

 

[Artie Bucco]

That's not photoshopped.

Who cares about the message, the bloody CMS admin panel was exposed...the damage you could do with that

On an unrelated note I heard the new AFL websites release dates have been delayed a couple of months

 

[TradeDraft]

Will this be on AFL 360 Tonight?

 

[MaddAdam]

I think the point about the CMS being made public is more important.

The AFL system is shonky as.

Remember how you could just change a few numbers on a URL string and make it appear that Brendon Goddard was a West Coast player etc?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Will this be on AFL 360 Tonight?

Bloody oath it will.

Any controversy and AFL 360 will dissect it.

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

This is interesting; I wonder if the person/people involved will be found and arrested? Or is that not possible?

 

[Silvagnis]

That's not photoshopped.

Who cares about the message, the bloody CMS admin panel was exposed...the damage you could do with that

I would have hacked North Melbourne's page to correct the misspelling of North.

It could have been Julian Assange.

Think he's a North supporter.

 

[Masto]

Profound insight.

 

[Pklz]

I was on the Carlton website a few months ago and part of the CMS admin section was exposed to public. I was able to log in to what was a text editor and change one part of the homepage. I didn't of coarse edit anything but could have quite easily. Pretty disappointing to see it happen again. Blame Telstra!

 

[TradeDraft]

I was on the Carlton website a few months ago and part of the CMS admin section was exposed to public. I was able to log in to what was a text editor and change one part of the homepage. I didn't of coarse edit anything but could have quite easily. Pretty disappointing to see it happen again. Blame Telstra!

Could you Excess there Video's or stuff that had not been put up?

Didn't Tigers Web-Site Get Hacked in 2010 Pre-Draft and same with the Bombers