Goat Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Not the most effective terrorist attack of all time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11321499/Bristol-bus-timetable-hacked-by-terrorists.html Muslim extremists planning to disrupt global travel in the Western world have hacked into the Bristol bus timetable instead......It is believed the cyber terrorists thought the website was for a more influential website promoting travel around the Western world - not the West Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Not the most effective terrorist attack of all time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11321499/Bristol-bus-timetable-hacked-by-terrorists.html Muslim extremists planning to disrupt global travel in the Western world have hacked into the Bristol bus timetable instead......It is believed the cyber terrorists thought the website was for a more influential website promoting travel around the Western world - not the West Country. so are they planning to hack it co-ordinating with their fellow Sony Extremists, or have they hacked it already and blown the entire show? will the buses know or care? Or is it another inside job to earn time off for the workers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Or is it another inside job to earn time off for the workers? Far more probable is this: I checked the website, took 5 seconds to find that it's based on Drupal software, which has a long history of bugs and vulnerabilties. Heck, just looking at the Drupal site, in 2014 they've identified various issues; 2 are rated "Highly Critical". One of these was responsible for "millions of websites" going down in October. So I'm ready to bet that this Bristol company simply did not keep on top of keeping their software secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Taun-taun-taun-taun-taun-taun-ton.. (to the tune of generic scary music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Just as likely the Bristol Bus company has got a film coming out they need to raise awareness of or they're planning to drive some buses around Argentina with a Falklands referencing numberplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leggers Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Far more probable is this: I checked the website, took 5 seconds to find that it's based on Drupal software, which has a long history of bugs and vulnerabilties. Heck, just looking at the Drupal site, in 2014 they've identified various issues; 2 are rated "Highly Critical". One of these was responsible for "millions of websites" going down in October. So I'm ready to bet that this Bristol company simply did not keep on top of keeping their software secure. It's Wordpress, not Drupal. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-wp-in-wp-blog-headerphp https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Heh. You know the word "terrorist" has become meaningless when they apply to a minor[1] hack on a low-value[2] website. [1] Whose sensitive or financial details got compromised? [2] Whose high-value non-public information was ever there in the first place? [edit to add] It's more Clouseau than 007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Heh. You know the word "terrorist" has become meaningless when they apply to a minor[1] hack on a low-value[2] website. [1] Whose sensitive or financial details got compromised? [2] Whose high-value non-public information was ever there in the first place? [edit to add] It's more Clouseau than 007. It's actually cheaper for me to borrow a tractor, and use "pink diesel" to get to Bristol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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