HegeMon ([info]hege_mon) wrote,
@ 2006-10-31 22:55:00
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Hello,

I read with some bemusement about the ‘hacking’ of Family First’s website. And as one who commented on the page yesterday I feel that the record must be set straight.

Yesterday when I visited the site there was already one of the critical blog posts on the page. I could not see anywhere obvious to make an entry, but the text “BLOG ENTRIES” was a link. Clicking on this link opened a form to make a new entry… No passwords, no security of any kind.

In fact, I have looked up Google’s cached version of the blog page (url below) and the problem was present before any critical posts were made. This was not an act of hacking, but an amusing design flaw in the party’s website (witch they admit was re-designed recently).

Just setting the record straight.


http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:3cZt9sfbRIgJ:www.familyfirst.org.au/blog.php%3FPHPSESSID%3D929994b62e891c646bf88db5fcfc7c56+site:www.familyfirst.org.au+%22family+first%22+video&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=1


[EDIT: A message I sent to the herald-sun comment forums that was almost completely cut'n'pasted from this was nocked back by their moderators]

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[info]damien_wise
2006-10-31 11:25 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately, there's no obvious date-stamp on the google-cache, and it now appears to be presenting a post-takedown version of the side. ie: the version Google shows me matches the current version and, importantly, lacks the "BLOG ENTRIES" link which was in the left-hand column near the "discover the next party event..." link.
I wish I'd had the foresight to take a screen-shot at the time.

I still haven't had a response from my last email, in which I asked for more answers and to be put in touch with someone more appropriate to deal with the issue than Jeremy Stuparich.

Gotta say, your icon is scarily appropriate.

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[info]hege_mon
2006-10-31 11:27 pm UTC (link)
"as retrieved on 28 Oct 2006 06:48:23 GMT"

and the "BLOG ENTRIES" link is there

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[info]aeduna
2006-10-31 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Send that to the Age :)

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[info]hege_mon
2006-10-31 11:35 pm UTC (link)
I did.

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[info]aeduna
2006-10-31 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Exxxxcellent :>
Having them claim "hackers!" rather than saying "oops, our mistake, that shouldn't have been there" is just lame.

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[info]damien_wise
2006-10-31 11:31 pm UTC (link)
My mistake...ta for clearing-up things. I skim-read over the google header out of habit and was looking in the wrong place for the link.

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[info]anthonybaxter
2006-10-31 11:58 pm UTC (link)
Lies make baby jesus cry. Didn't anyone tell FF that?

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[info]damien_wise
2006-11-01 12:07 am UTC (link)
This was not an act of hacking, but an amusing design flaw in the party's website (witch they admit was re-designed recently).

Great, first the fundies push "Intelligent Design"...and then Family First use Unintelligent Design. ;)

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