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Mr. Bean Ousts PM From Spain's Official Website
The Register ^
| 5th January 2010
| Dan Goodin
Posted on 01/05/2010 3:12:09 AM PST by Bon mots
Spain's prime minister was briefly ousted from that country's official website after hackers replaced his likeness with that of bumbling slapstick character Mr. Bean.
Representatives for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero confirmed the defacement of www.eu2010.es but insisted data on the site was never compromised, the BBC reported. Instead, the stunt was done using cross-site scripting attack, which injects unauthorized content and code into vulnerable websites.
People who tried to visit the PM's site site were briefly met by an image of Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson. Comparisons between the appearance of Spain's leader and the buffoon have been a long-standing joke.
While the hack was relatively harmless XSS, or cross-site scripting holes can be exploited to inject malicious code into visitors' browsers that steal authentication credentials or redirect victims to malicious websites.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mrbean; rowanatkinson; spain; zapatero
The Spanish love to compare the Socialist clown to the famous funnyman.
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:12:10 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Bon mots
This story really cracks me up!
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:14:29 AM PST
by
Silly
("Okay, I'm getting just a little sick of this bereaved chicken-widow crap!")
To: Bon mots
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:15:48 AM PST
by
sneakers
To: Bon mots
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:17:07 AM PST
by
livius
To: Bon mots
Interesting. What would be the US counterpart? Urkel?
To: Bon mots
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:34:42 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Bon mots
The similarities are amazing. I’ll bet the PM plays up to it, too.
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:47:41 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
01/05/2010 5:23:25 AM PST
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: stylecouncilor
Mas frijoles, por favor....
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posted on
01/05/2010 7:53:15 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Bon mots
If the shoe fits..
afp
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posted on
01/05/2010 10:16:02 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
01/05/2010 10:18:31 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; Clemenza; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; darkangel82; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA; ...
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posted on
01/05/2010 1:35:58 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Bon mots; fieldmarshaldj
Spain replaced John Cleese with Mr. Bean for their Prime Minister, while the UK now has ex-Pythonite Terry Jones as their Prime Minister, it appears:
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:28:06 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:29:15 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:31:16 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Bush at his worst was still better than Obama at his best.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
To: Bon mots
Mr. Bean would do a much batter job.
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posted on
01/06/2010 6:57:48 AM PST
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
To: Bon mots
“Comparisons between the appearance of Spain’s leader and the buffoon have been a long-standing joke.”
BS. One is a successful British comedian.
The other is the BUFFOON.
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posted on
01/16/2010 8:33:10 AM PST
by
Levante
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