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German Interior minister's website pwned in wiretap protest

Lax password security allowed hackers to bust into the German interior minister’s website. Hacktivists pwned the website of Wolfgang Schäuble on Tuesday in protest against new wiretapping and data retention laws They posted links inviting visitors to a protest website "Vorratsdatenspeicherung". Administrators reacted quickly …

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Wednesday 11th February 2009 23:06 GMT Adam Foxton

Why take the site down?

If he's got nothing to hide he's got nothing to fear.

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