“Your security is inferior. Your website has been seized, because we come with an important message,” the statement began.
“I don't suppose it's a sign of super strength, but if they can break into the Department of Defense website, I guess we're all vulnerable to some extent,” Mayor Dana Hobart said of the breach.
Sarah Steepleton, information services manager for Rancho Mirage, said she was alerted first thing Tuesday morning, and the normal home page was restored by 8:05 a.m.
The message left by the hacker or hackers says the group will “defend Occupy by defacing sites with our message, releasing information of cops, hacking all number of .gov sites, taking down police infrastructure, and most dangerous of all, telling the truth.”
The statement went on to threaten similar actions against the Stop Online Piracy Act, which critics say could limit access to such sites.The message was signed by “Agent_Anon, for Team ShadowSec,” alongside a Guy Fawkes mask.A few scattered references to Team ShadowSec were found via a Google search Tuesday.One hacked page, on the website for Crown Parts and Machine Inc., had the same signature and Guy Fawkes mask, but no other text.Steepleton said no other pages on the city's site, www.ranchomirageca.gov, were hacked.
The website is hosted by Rancho Mirage-based firm e-work media. An employee said Tuesday that the company could not comment.Steepleton said Tuesday there had been no discussion of changing Web hosts.
“No, no talk of that, probably just reviewing our security and making sure it's up to date.”
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