Fine Gael's website hacked

Lukker-

http://finegael2011.com/

Fine Gael's website has been hacked by the infamous group of internet hacktivists Anonymous.

RockinRolla

I don't believe it.

About time they started putting their attention to improving this place.

AnonoBoy

Oh so it has.......

..... anything good on telly tonight?

Colmo52

It looks fine to me.

Warning, it trying to download something as well! :eek:

Spam shields are up!

Superbus

While it loads it valiantly tries to be the normal page. Then 'rebellion' devours it.

kippy

Colmo52 wrote: »

It looks fine to me.

look again.

Danbo!

Colmo52 wrote: »

It looks fine to me.

Give it a sec... Ah, there it is, a tiny insignifigant piece of info. If you're going to go to all that trouble (maybe it was easy, but a gardai investigation will probably follow) add something better.

AnonoBoy

Anonymous Page wrote:

Nothing is safe, you put your faith in this political party and they take no measures to protect you.

They offer you free speech yet they censor your voice.

I don't know what they're on about - I don't put my faith in f*cking Fine Gael.

tommyhaas

If they were going to go to the trouble of hacking a website, they could have at least made it funny

Stick up the video of Inda on American Idol maybe??

saywhatyousee

why would you even bother?????

Colmo52

kippy wrote: »

look again.

I exited the page before the message came up.I Saw it second time.

Burning Eclipse

Danbo! wrote: »

Give it a sec... Ah, there it is, a tiny insignifigant piece of info. If you're going to go to all that trouble (maybe it was easy, but a gardai investigation will probably follow) add something better.

I'm sure "Raepsauce and Palladium" will be shaking in their boots

drunkmonkey

They so deserve that, hope it teaches them to support Irish Jobs the next time they get their website overhauled.

Spear

Not quite, someone put some javascript in the comments box, the page isn't touched, just badly designed.

CrazyBiscuit

And yet the websites of other poltical parties are unaffected, including Fianna Fáil.

tuxy

CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

And yet the websites of other poltical parties are unaffected, including Fianna Fáil.

Yes they were different sites and did no have this vulnerability.

bobbytables

Did...did someone forget to sanitize their data inputs?

An Irish developer wouldn't forget to do that!

For shame Mr. Kenny.

smcgiff

These hackers are like what Fine Gael will be after the next election - have all the power but do feck all with it.

FAIL

CrazyBiscuit

tuxy wrote: »

Yes they were different sites and did no have this vulnerability.

I know, but I would have expected something like this to happen to Fianna Fáil before FG, disregarding the weaknesses of the FG site.

GLaDOS

I suspect it could be someone else claiming to be them, though it's impossible to tell. No reason for anon to care about FG.

galwayrush

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CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

I know, but I would have expected something to happen like this to Fianna Fáil before FG, disregarding the weaknesses of the FG site.

FF 's is laughable enough without any outside help.:pac::pac:

AnonoBoy

tuxy wrote: »

Yes they were different sites and did no have this vulnerability.

A likely story.

I think we all know what's going on here. It's been pretty widely known that Mary Harney has been taking computer classes lately!

TouchingVirus

While the comment with the javascript were posted to the FG site by some ne'erdowells the site wasn't actually hacked. The message seems to be a generic anti-politics message, probably used on many sites.

Agree with Spears, the fact comments aren't stripped of <script> tags is a result of poor development/design.

It's more a defacement than a hack, as there was no hacking going on.

Superbus

Your website is ready.

This site has been successfully created and is ready for content to be added. Replace this default page with your own index page.

TouchingVirus

Well that didn't last too long, kneejerk reaction if you ask me, disable comments and remove offending comments and you'd have a better solution. I suppose the NOC guys can't go poking around like that though.

There's also the curious case of the Plesk Default Page on http://finegael.org ...

AnonoBoy

TouchingVirus wrote: »

While the comment with the javascript were posted to the FG site by some ne'erdowells the site wasn't actually hacked. The message seems to be a generic anti-politics message, probably used on many sites.

Agree with Spears, the fact comments aren't stripped of <script> tags is a result of poor development/design.

It's more a defacement than a hack, as there was no hacking going on.

But somehow I think the media reports on this tomorrow will not spot the difference!

Tomorrow's Headline wrote:

OMG! We iz hacked! Tweets Fine Gael leader Kenny

Does anyone have a screengrab of what the message was?

Superbus

Deleted User wrote: »

Does anyone have a screengrab of what the message was?

...

TouchingVirus

Deleted User wrote: »

Does anyone have a screengrab of what the message was?

Feel free to throw it into your own page : http://www.1888932-2946.ws/AlexanderAlvaro/E-DocumentManager/gallery/Asyl_und_Migration/de.js

My name is URL

I wonder if it has anything to do with this

JonJoeDali

One assumes Fine Gael will inform the data protection commission first thing tomorrow morning, as did boards.ie very effectively a couple of months ago.

Dionysus

Lukker- wrote: »

http://finegael2011.com/

Fine Gael's website has been hacked by the infamous group of internet hacktivists Anonymous.

If Fine Gael can't even look after its tiny little website, how is it going to look after Ireland?

....

galwayrush

Dionysus wrote: »

If Fine Gael can't even look after its tiny little website, how is it going to look after Ireland?

....

The country is beyone repair for quite some time after FF's folly.:mad:

Sergeant

Dionysus wrote: »

If Fine Gael can't even look after its tiny little website, how is it going to look after Ireland?

....

Yes, Enda Kenny, Michael Noonan and James Reilly really need to brush up on their computer security skills.

stovelid

News just in:

Establishment shitting itself.

Mark200

Dionysus wrote: »

If Fine Gael can't even look after its tiny little website, how is it going to look after Ireland?

....

They don't claim to be professional web developers.

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tails_naf

CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

I know, but I would have expected something like this to happen to Fianna Fáil before FG, disregarding the weaknesses of the FG site.

Well if it was a javascript in a comment box vulnerability, it doesn't take a 'hacker' to do harm, just someone with basic skillz (often referred to as script kiddies). I'm sure if FFs site had such a weak flaw, it would have been taken down too. A crime of opportunity, rather than a statement*


*probably.

gustavine

"We apologise for the inconvenience"

Something Brian Cowen Should be saying

Belfast

it now says
We apologise for the inconvenience. The site will be back up shortly.

jaffa20

Inconvenience..lol

Enda Kenny is the inconvenience in FG

policarp

Belfast wrote: »

it now says
We apologise for the inconvenience. The ****e will be back up shortly.

FYP

expectationlost

kevin doyle herald was just on newstalk saying he received the database of all details entered by people through the site

TouchingVirus

Hah, it seems my comments were premature - it appears that some data was compromised, official pwnage

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0110/finegael.html

Fine Gael has confirmed that the contact details of just under 2,000 people were compromised in the attack on its website last night.

Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes confirmed that the party contacted his office following the website attack.

In a statement Fine Gael said it had emailed all of those affected this morning to notify them.

boatbuilder

Glad I left a fake email address when I left my comments on the site

RonMexico

Some Fine Gael Senator on RTE there trying to link this to wikileaks.

dsmythy

Anonymous must be fans of Fianna Fáil

Liam Byrne

Lukker- wrote: »

http://finegael2011.com/

Fine Gael's website has been hacked by the infamous group of internet hacktivists Anonymous.

I thought FF's web address was www.finegael.ie

Setting up another unrelated site as a clone and defacing / editing that doesn't fall under the term "hacking". :rolleyes:

baalthor

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I thought FF's web address was www.finegael.ie

Setting up another unrelated site as a clone and defacing / editing that doesn't fall under the term "hacking". :rolleyes:

FG had the finegael2011 site developed as part of their new super duper web social networking new paradigm strategy.
Well FG, I hope you're happy with your sh1tty new website.

First Post

Hey guys, it was me. I am Anonymous, we have a clubhouse and a leader and everything.

****! When will people start to realize that "Anonymous" is not a group?

woolymammoth

in other news, google releases flux capacitor algorythm technology and reports that next September, Fine Gael will not have learned anything from their lesson! :P

http://i.imgur.com/B1Onq.jpg