Netherlands fanclub site hacked by Turkish activists
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on September 29, 2006 to Internet.
The website of the International Roxette Fanclub, Roxette.nl, dormant since last spring (see related story on the Features page), was hacked yesterday by a Turkish group that call themselves Ayyildiz VIP Team. At presstime, the site has 31 instances of embedded code that redirects the user from the Netherlands site to a static image that displays the flag of Turkey along with a political message.
Due to time zone differences, neither members of the fanclub team or a representative of the hacker group were available for immediate comment at presstime.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this story was published early this morning, the webmaster for the fanclub site seems to have regained control, as the URL is no longer being redirected to the Turkish site. But rather than redisplay the site that existed – containing promises that have not been kept – they instead seem to have chosen to make the site look as if it is still being hacked. — LEO
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28 comments
carbon_boy said on September 29, 2006 06:44:
The fact that it’s “The official Roxette Fanclub” URL and still reads like that, makes the difference.
It’s sad that some people in this world has nothing better to do than to sit around all day causing problems for others. Seeking attention. Wishing they were something.
Shame shame *shaking head*
Cheers
Txiqui said on September 29, 2006 07:07:
no comment...
they should have close the site long time ago.
Superbullie said on September 29, 2006 14:17:
when i open the side there is a white screen saying
“There are too many smurfers on this smurf. Please smurf again on a later smurf.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
lol?
gessle-addict said on September 29, 2006 14:30:
When I opened it it said: Women need a reason to have sex. Men a place.
kiruna_92 said on September 29, 2006 14:37:
Really stupid hackers, I think. Some people really don’t seem to have anything better to do.
(Let’s go hack their site!!! Just joking...)
Anyway, they’re hopeless. This morning I got a message in turkish when I tried to open roxette.nl, now they’re showing me some stupid talk... Oh gosh, how stupid come one be??
kiruna_92 said on September 29, 2006 14:40:
It reads different comments each time. Now I got:
“Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think”
Very funny then (not). My message to those hackers is “go drown yourself in some lake somewhere...”
Even though the site was quite dead anyway, but I think it’s so ANNOYING!!!!!
gessle-addict said on September 29, 2006 14:58:
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, hahaha, a really good one.
I think the site is more interesting now than it was with the fanclub...
carlitos said on September 29, 2006 18:11:
There are too many smurfers on this smurf. Please smurf again on a later smurf.
The rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Room_service said on September 29, 2006 18:50:
“they instead seem to have chosen to make the site look as if it is still being hacked”
Another chapter in the TDR vs. Fan Club story...
Zaccharine said on September 29, 2006 21:53:
i’d like them to get h4x0rd by the fluffy bunny :)
(they’re cool and usually leaving a nice bunny pic, but the exIntRoxFC would be a too small fish for the fluffy bunny) ;)
LittleSpooky said on September 29, 2006 22:30:
“There are too many smurfers on this smurf. Please smurf again on a later smurf.
Don’t follow me I’m lost too.”
Current message as of 1632MDT in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Love it ;o)
Roxrider_USA said on September 30, 2006 15:10:
Seems like that the ex FC has taken over the site again.
Take care!
Carlos E.,New York.
usalauren said on September 30, 2006 17:51:
Thank you, Turkish hackers, for letting me know how we American’s learn geography! I myself have always preferred text books, though. ;)
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on September 30, 2006 18:41:
That wasn’t the Turkish group that put those particular sayings up on the site, but rather – as indicated in the Editor’s Note – an “inside job.”
LittleSpooky said on September 30, 2006 21:38:
I enjoyed em actually. Including the geography crack. Because I’m ashamed to admit it:
It’s almost true.
kiruna_92 said on October 1, 2006 07:13:
Now I just got a message reading:
“Du har inte tillåtelse att visa denna sida, åtkomst nekad”
that means something like:
“You don’t have permisson to access this page, access denied”.
Very funny then.
kiruna_92 said on October 1, 2006 10:23:
But now it seems to be back... but not whole. I got the banner.
Intel_Inside said on October 1, 2006 19:51:
;Yeah! Hack hack hack, since they’ve done that with fans’ money!
n-Somnia said on September 29, 2006 05:20:
HMMMMMM!!!!!!